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Lot 82
America in Literature & the Arts
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-1892). North America. London: Chapman and Hall, 1862.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati

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$300 - 400
Lot Description
America in Literature & the Arts
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-1892). North America. London: Chapman and Hall, 1862.

2 volumes, 8vo (213 x 132 mm). Half-titles; folding engraved map (short tears to folds). Modern quarter calf antique, marbled boards, marbled edges by the Dragonfly Bindery with their ticket.

FIRST EDITION, written by Trollope after a visit to North America from August 1861 to April 1862, presenting the his view of Canada and the United States during the Civil War. “I had made up my mind to visit the country with this object before the intestine troubles of the United States Government had commenced…I should not purposely have chosen this period either for my book or for my visit” (Introduction, p.1). Sadleir 46.

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