A Trip To The Tropics and Home Through America
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Author: The Marquis of Lorne [Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell]
Title: A Trip To The Tropics and Home Through America
Place Published: London
Publisher:Hurst and Blackett
Date Published: 1867
Description:
Author: The Marquis of Lorne [Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell]
Title: A Trip To The Tropics and Home Through America
Place Published: London
Publisher:Hurst and Blackett
Date Published: 1867
Description:
[2], xii, 355, [1] + 12, [4] ad pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated title page. (8vo) 22x13.5 cm (8¾x5¼"), blind stamped green cloth with gilt stamped spine. First Edition.
A first edition of this somewhat controversial travelogue, detailing the author's travels around Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba among other places, with chapters on the customs of the local people and discussions on the ethics of slavery, as well as geographical and geological descriptions. The return journey passes through the United States, and there is much material on contemporary politics, slavery, the Civil War, Black Americans, etc. Also a meeting with Longfellow and an Emerson lecture.
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Wear and soiling to cloth, rubbing at extremities; scattered foxing; very good.
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