Description: A Mirror for Americans: Life and Manners in the United States 1790-1870 as Recorded by American Travelers. I. Life In The East. Compiled and Edited by Warren S. Tryon. The University Of Chicago Press, 1952. First Edition. Original beige cloth hardcover with dust jacket, pictorial endpapers/pastedowns. xx, 230 pages, V pp. Index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and several illustrations in text. Book measures 9 ¾” x 7”. A fascinating collection of impressions and facts about life in America, written by Americans who traveled in the new nation between 1790 and 1870. The first such anthology to be completed, though collections of impressions by foreign visitors had long been available. Illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions. I. Life In The East: Impressions of farms & factories, salons and bars, shanty towns and great cities, slavery on the plantations. From the birth of the republic the East had been the industrial and financial heart of the nation. Here began the first manifestations of national culture and the first urgings of humanitarian reform. CONDITION: Book is in very good+ condition with a good dust jacket. Intact. First few pages display stray pencil markings otherwise pages are clean & bright. No loose or musty pages. Covers are clean & solid. Corners are bumped. Dust jacket is primarily clean. Moderate wear to edges, tape repaired tear. Unclipped price. Not ex-library. From a smoke free home. PAYMENT: I accept credit card payments through PayPal. Please be sure to preview my other books and ephemera listed for auction & sale. I gladly combine purchases into one shipment to save you money on postage. SHIPPING: Buyer pays $4.00 for USPS Media Mail delivery to any location in the U.S.A. Please note that Media Mail delivery typically takes between 4-12 days. USPS Priority Mail is available at a higher cost. I use delivery confirmation. Note: Worldwide delivery to all other countries outside the U.S.A. will cost $23.95 for USPS Priority Mail, except Canada which will cost $19.95. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Thank You!
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Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
Subject: Americana
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Origin: American
Printing Year: 1952
Country of Manufacture: United States
Year Printed: 1952
