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Edité par William Harrison Ainsworth, London., 1827
Vendeur : Colophon Books (UK), Leek, Royaume-Uni
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Half-Calf. Etat : Good. 3rd Edition. Xiipp + 235 pages inc 10 pages of notes on the American navy Lists and full index. Fold-out litho frontispiece (part loss) and 11 other lithographic plates and 2 plans. Title page and contents handled and some foxing and browning to backs of plates and margins, title page re-attached at some earlier time and not quite correct, marbled endpapers. slightly later 19th century half calf. Fully collated, no loss to text. Good. Octavo. *The observations and exploits of a British R.N. Lieutenant given 2 months shore leave in the USA and off he shot to New York, Hoboken, Washington and Philadelphia, West Point, the Frontier areas, Indian experiences, etc. + Through Quebec and Montreal, etc. Published by the author of "The Lancashire Witches" in his brief sojourn as a publisher. This 3rd edition was published a few short weeks after the 1st edition of 1827. See: Sabin, 19677; Howes, D268; Abbey (Travel), 614.
Edité par London: William Harrison Ainsworth, Old Bond Street,, 1827
Vendeur : Colin Page Books, Storrington, Royaume-Uni
First edition. pp. xii, 207. With a large folding view of Quebec, two maps & 11 plates after drawings by the author, all lithographed. An untrimmed copy in the publisher's boards with printed label, the spine with some chips & slighty worn head & tail of spine and some occasional foxing to the plates, but otherwise a sound & tight copy. VG. [Abbey Travel 614; Staton & Tremaine 7164; Sabin 19677; Lande 1724; Howes D268; Smith Bibliotheca Americana 920; Allibone 495].
Edité par William H. Ainsworth, London, 1827
Vendeur : Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Ex library-very good. Second Edition. xii, 207 p. 23 cm. Large fold-out engraving of Quebec and 13 other engraved plates, incl. 2 maps. Rebound in half burgundy leather with marbled boards. Ink stamp and foxing to fold-out. Stained title and some light marking to Contents. Dark patch on first page of Notes at rear. The British Lt. De Roos takes a whirlwind tour through the United States, spending at least half his time on steamers and stagecoaches, travelling at night and groping in fog and darkness. He does, however, visit dockyards at Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and manages to do so in clear daylight. He speculates as to whether the U.S. can soon become as great a naval power as Britain. He decides not, and states that "so extensive is the line of sea-coast of our own North-American colonies, and so admirable a nursery do they afford for the rearing of seamen, that I am inclined to believe they would soon prove very powerful competitors with the United States upon the sea, even without the aid of the mother country. Let it be recollected, that they include the shores of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the St. Lawrence, and Newfoundland" (p. 77). The writer then moves on to Canada, visiting St. John's (Saint John), Halifax, Quebec, Montmorency Falls, Montreal, Kingston, York (Toronto), and Queenston before arriving at Niagara Falls which apparently caused "an irresistible melancholy" (p. 153). De Roos is further inconvenienced by a wet and stormy day in which rain patters against his window, until someone explains that the water is merely spray blowing from the Falls. His overall impression of the New World is a good one, however; "How enormous are its resources! How boundless its extent!" (p. 190). And, most importantly, "the naval strength of the United States has been greatly exaggerated" (p. 191). Dionne II 1033. Lane 1724. TPL 1392.