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Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart

Travels in the United States

1853

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Year of publication
1853
Place of printing
New York. Harper & Brothers
Author
Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart
Keyword
Travel - North America Women Travellers Mexico
Languages
English

Description

12mo [ 19.5 x 13 cm]; xii, [13]-463, 8 [ads] pp. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, light foxing, initials on endpaper, very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Howes W687. Sabin 93220. Clarke III:419. Robinson 121: 'An obsessive traveller. . . She did not confine herself toe the east coast [of the US] like good English aristocrats should, but insisted on exploring Mexico, crossing the isthmus of Panama and then sailing down to Lima in Peru'. Besides these places she also stopped off in Cuba. Interesting observations of all the places she visited with much on US, including the southern states, Mexico, Panama and Peru. The first edition was published in London in 1851.
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