RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS OF AMERICA ASCERTAINED DURING A VISIT TO THE STATES IN THE AUTUMN OF 1865.

Peto, Sir S. Morton

Verlag: Alexander Strahan, London, Eng., 1866

Beschreibung

- 428 pages, indexed, double page colour tinted lithographic frontis pieces - nice association copy with the autograph ticket of Pre-Confederation Soldier / Politician Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Haultain - he retired from the Royal Artillery and emigrated to Canada settling in Peterborough in 1860 - He was elected to the 7th Parliament of Upper Canada in 1861 - his copy is partialy uncut showing the sections that he read were relevant to his new position the Province - the author states in his Preface "During my visit in America in 1865, a large number of volumes and other documents, abounding in statistical information relating to the resources and progress of the United States, were placed in my hands by members of several departments of the Government and other authorities. Some time after my return to England I was asked to read a paper on America to the Statistical Society of London; and having recourse to my books and papers with a view to such a compilation, I found that I had been placed in possession of a mass of information not generally accessible to the British public, and which appeared to afford valuable subjects for reflection. It was thus that the present volume arose." and "That which I have been anxious to afford my fellow-[Englishmen] is an opportunity of forming a more correct judgement . of the progress, means, and probable future of the great nation on the other side of the Atlantic." - a lovely bright fresh copy of a somewhat common book with a revealing association - Sabin 61289 - not in Howes. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 12117

Bibliografische Details

Titel: RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS OF AMERICA ...

Verlag: Alexander Strahan, London, Eng.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1866

Einband: Cloth

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: First Edition.