American Notes for General Circulation

Dickens, Charles

Published by The Limited Editions Club. Avon, Connecticut. 1975., 1975

About this Item

Leather backed illustrated boards, spine label. Slip case with decorated spine label. No. 482 of 2000 copies signed by illustrator. Color plates. 272 pages. 6 3/4" x 10". From the Introduction: "American Notes is the account of a love affair that went badly wrong. Charles Dickens traveled to America in January, 1842, with a romantic dream of what he would find in that Land of Liberty; he left six months later a disillusioned, hostile critic of most of what he had seen". In the author's Preface, Dickens notes: "To represent me as viewing America with ill-nature, coldness, or animosity, is merely to do a very foolish thing: which is always a very easy one". Contents include: The Passage Out; Boston; An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System; New York; Philadelphia and its Solitary Prison; A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. A Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat; A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back; etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Notes for General Circulation
• Publisher: The Limited Editions Club. Avon, Connecticut. 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Houlihan Raymond F.
• Condition: Collectible-Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Childrens and Illustrated Books
  • Literature