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BIRKBECK, MORRIS. Notes on a Journey in America. Lo

BIRKBECK, MORRIS
Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. London: Printed by Severn & Redington for Ridgeway and Sons, 1818.

Rebound. 8vo, 3/4 mottled calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt, marbled endpapers. First English edition. Appears to be lacking a frontispiece with some offsetting to the title page; minor foxing to first few pages; otherwise fine. (Howes B468) Together with Personal Adventures and Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America, by John Davis London, 1817.

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