$360
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector (1735-1813) Letters from an American Farmer, Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, and Conveying Some Idea of the State of the People of North America . Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1793. First American edition, 12mo, lacking both folding maps, bound in contemporary sheepskin, boards detached, worn, spine leather split, ex library with stamps at the foot of the title and at the foot of several text leaves, text evenly toned, one leaf torn, a readable and usable copy, with its original margins, that could be restored, 6 3/4 x 4 in. Chapters entitled, "What is an American," "An Account of the Whale Fishery," Distresses of a Frontier Man," and "Horrid Treatment of a Negro Slave," are included, along with descriptions of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, notably, "Peculiar Customs of Nantucket."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
