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Trollope, Anthony. NORTH AMERICA. [In Two Volumes -- in one.] Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1862. Original blindstamped green-grey cloth.
First Authorized American Edition, believed to have followed Harper's pirated edition by a mere four days. This work is not only a geographical description of North America; Trollope also gets into such questions as "Deficiencies in the Post Office System," "Amount of the Debt - Can the Burden be Borne?" and "Rights of Women" -- topics no less timely now. Given the year, Trollope also discusses the Civil War then raging.
The preliminary "Author's Edition" note indicates that this edition was "published by special arrangement with the Author, at whose urgent request it was undertaken, and to whom we pay regular copyright" -- a thinly-veiled contrast to Harper's piracy. Harper had far greater distribution resources, and as a result this Lippincott edition sold poorly, and is considerably scarcer today. Though issued as two volumes, this Lippincott edition is seen only in this two-in-one binding. This is a near fine copy (spine gilt faded due to oxidation, as usual) -- quite uncommon thus. Sadleir (TROLLOPE) 14 (note; also p. 3 of the addenda). Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase.
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