INVENTORY #129922
Letters From The United States, Cuba and Canada. Vols. I & II
MURRAY, Hon. Amelia M.
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Botanist Amelia Matilda Murray (1795 1884) set out on a tour of North America and Cuba where she indulged her interest in botany and investigated the institution of slavery. Upon her return she published these volumes, but her pro-slavery viewpoint made them unpopular and cost her the position of Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria.
Publication Info
- Publisher: John W. Parker and Son
- Edition: First Edition
- Date Published: 1856
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
2 vols.: viii, 320; viii, 317 p. 20 cm. Fold-out map at rear of vol. II. Burgundy leather with marbled paper boards. Rubbing in spots gives a whitish tinge. Former owner's label on front pastedowns. Occasional spots and thumbing.