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Lot 37

[AMERICANA]. MARTINEAU, Harriet. Society in America. London...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[AMERICANA]. MARTINEAU, Harriet. Society in America. London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. 8vos. 3 volumes. Bound in modern half blue cloth backstrips over marbled boards, spines stamped in gilt (spines toned, bindings rubbed, soiled, text toned, dampstained, several inkstamps on title-page and final text leaves, final text leaf in volume III supplied in modern photocopy, bookplates of Gladstone Library National Liberal Club and a presentation sticker on all fps.) Good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS EARLY AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN CULTURE, ECONOMICS, AND POLITICS, ONE OF THE FINEST SUCH TITLES. Measurements: 8 x 6 x 1?.