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Premium, Barton

Eight Years in British Guiana; the Journal of a Residence in That Province, from 1840 to 1848, Inclusive; with Anecdotes & Incidents Illustrating the Social Condition of its Inhabitants ; & the Opinions on the State and Prospects of Our Sugar Colonies

1850

684,32 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1850
Lugar de impresión
London. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans
Autor
Premium, Barton
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - South America
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [23 x 14 cm]; xiii, [9]-305 pp. original brown cloth, title lettering on later paper spine label, edges of spine with light wear, 1850 signature on corner of endpaper, a little pulled but firm, very good overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, a planter in the colony for many years, provides description and narrative written from 1840 to 1848, describing sugar growing and related problems, conditions, slavery, society, customs, economics, etc. Premium's journal was edited by his unnamed friend who also provides a preface and concluding remarks which gives the work much historical background. Sabin 65050. Original source material in first edition.