Lot 179: Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828

3 vols. 421; 432; 436, [9] pp. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece hand-colored map showing Hall's travel route, in Volume I; folding table in the back of Volume III. 7 1/2 x4 1/2, bound in period 1/4 calf & marbled boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, marbled edges. Third Edition.

Published only one year after the first edition. Hall, a captain in the Royal Navy, traveled to North America in 1828, including Quebec, Pennsylvania, New York and the New England states, New Orleans, the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. In his southern route, Hall describes visits to various plantations, Creek Indian ceremonies, slavery practices, etc. From that, Hall was not impressed with what he saw. "Accustomed to a better-disciplined society and bred in the exacting traditions of the British Navy, he found difficulty in adjusting himself to the democratic manners and rude accommodations he found in the United States, both North and South. Nevertheless, he was a clear and forceful writer, and his work contains many excellent descriptions of places and conditions that came under his observation" - Clark III, 48; Howes H47; Sabin 29725.

1830

Spines worn with pieces loose and slightly chipped (mostly to Vols. I and II), rubbing and sunning to leather, general soiling and shelf wear; head of Vol. III spine chipped; hinges tender, 2" tear with paper repair to map, occasional light foxing; else good to very good.

Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: Robert Cadell