Residence on a Georgian Plantation, 1st Ed. 1st Issue
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Author: Kemble, Frances Anne
Title: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1863
Description:
Author: Kemble, Frances Anne
Title: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1863
Description:
337, 10 ad pp. (8vo) 19.8x13.4 cm (8x5½"), blindstamped cloth, spine titled in gilt. First American Edition, first issue.
Important anti-slavery work in the form of the author's letters and journal, kept in 1838-39 at a cotton and rice plantation in the sea islands of Georgia and describing deplorable conditions. First issue with the ads and word "about" repeated on line 6, page 314. Howes K70
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Cloth faded, some staining to front cover, fraying to extremities; front hinge started, bookplate and pencil markings on front endpapers, some page toning; overall very good.
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Residence on a Georgian Plantation, 1st Ed. 1st Issue
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