Mackay, Alex Ander (4 results)

LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1879 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 380 Language: English.

MACKAY, Alex[ander]. The Western World; or, Travels in the United States in 1846-7: Exhibiting Them in Their Latest Development, Social, Political and Industrial: Including a Chapter on California. London: Richard Bentley, 1850. 3rd ed. A fine set in orig. cloth. Howes M-117. "Judicious commentary based on extensive travels.".

MacKAY, Alex[ander]. Western World; or, Travels in the United States in 1846-47: Exhibiting Them in Their Latest Development, Social, Political, and Industrial; Including a Chapter on California. Phila.: Lea & Blanchard, 1849. 2 Vols. 1st American ed. 312;316 pp. Orig. cloth. Spine ends worn, light foxing, else very good to near fine. HOWES M-117, "Judicious commentary based on extensive travels." Mackay arrived at Halifax in January 1846 and proceeded through North and South Carolina, by water to Mobile, through the lower South and up the Mississippi to Louisville. He left the continent in early 1847, after having travelled north through Pittsburgh, Niagara Falls, Montreal and New York. "Mackay was objective and unbiased in his data regarding the South. His analysis of the region takes up about one-third of the two volumes. He warned of the dangers of forming impressions from a few days' observation of its `floating population' encountered on steamboats, in railway carriages, and in barrooms. `In the South particularly,' he continued, `one must get out of the current if he would appreciate society aright.' As an evaluation of the overall picture of the South this scholarly work ranks as one of the foremost accounts of the period." --Clark III, 353.

Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xii, [13]-312 + 32(ads); iv, [13]-316. original blind-stamped cloth (worn & spotted, extremities chipped, bookplates removed, some foxing throughout). First American Edition (from the second London). Mackay came to America as the correspondent of the London Morning Chronicle to report the debates in Congress and to sound out public opinion on the Oregon question. He traveled extensively throughout the eastern and southern states and made a brief visit to Canada. Included are chapters on commerce and commercial policy, government, politics, slavery, agriculture, religion, education, and manufacturing. "Judicious commentary based on extensive travels." (Howes) Clark III 353 (2). Howes M-117. Sabin 43351.