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Hurlbert, William Henry [Published Anonymously]

Gan-Eden: or Pictures of Cuba

1854

195.52 €

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Year of publication
1854
Place of printing
Boston. John P. Jewett and Company
Author
Hurlbert, William Henry [Published Anonymously]
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

12mo [19.5 x 13 cm]; xii, 235, [i] pp, extra lithographed pictorial title page. original blind-stamped cloth with gilt title lettering and floral vignette on spine, lightly rubbed, spine end & edge of rear board chipped, interior is clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cundall 651. Smith American Travellers Abroad H162: 'This is a journalistic description of mid-nineteenth century Cuba and Cuban life'. This work was reprinted in London in 1855 with the title 'Pictures of Cuba'. "Gan-Eden' is garden of Eden or garden of delight, which expresses the author's feelings of his stay and travels through Cuba, his impressions of the people, way of life, towns, climate, nature, etc. Quite an attractive copy.