A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, in the years 1853-1854 with Remarks on their Economy

by Frederick Law Olmsted

$150 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Later edition. Frontispiece portrait of the author. xl, 418; iv , 412, 2, ads pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, t.e.g. Spine a bit dull, very minor wear at extremities. Ownership signature of James J. Higginson in vol. II. Very good. Howes O78 for first ed. . Item #246161 One of the best objective reports on the region in the antebellum period: Olmstead was not at first an advocate of freeing the

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