Atlantic and transatlantic sketches, afloat and ashore
London: Colburn & Co., 1852. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. x, x*-xi*, 288, 16 (ads); ix, [1], 292, 24, [2] ads; original brown blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine; spines very slightly faded, else near fine. British naval captain's observations on America (he traveled extensively along the east coast, and west through upstate New York, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin) and containing remarks on the Mormons and Mormon poetry; other sections on The Falkland Islands, a hurricane in Antigua, and the pirate, Captain Kidd. Buck 475; Flake 5214; Sabin 43461. Item #23005
Price: $750.00
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