FLINT, Timothy. Recollections of the Last Ten Years... Bos., 1826. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$400 -
600
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FLINT, Timothy (1780-1840). Recollections of the Last Ten Years, Passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish Frontier. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1826.
Tall 8vo (248 x 140 mm). (Some spotting.) ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS, printed paper label on spine, uncut; morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. Provenance: James H. Stark (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of "one of the most significant travel accounts of the early 19th century in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys...He proved to be a careful observer and a sympathetic critic of Western and Southern civilization" (Clark). Flint, a Harvard-educated clergyman, spent ten years as a missionary in the deep south. Buck 93; Clark II, 26; DAB VI, pp.274-275; Howes F-204; Sabin 24794.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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