Journey Seaboard Slave States, First Edition (8 results)

Later edition. Later edition. Frontispiece portrait of the author. xl, 418; [iv], 412, [2, ads] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. One of the best objective reports on the region in the antebellum period: Olmstead was not at first an advocate of freeing the slaves, but upon the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation he became one of its most fervant supporters. His biograper, Broadus Mitchell wrote: "Olmstead did what he could to save the pot from boiling over. For passion he sought to substitute thoughtfulness, for raving rationality, and for invective a calm examination of facts and their historical antecedents that should induce tolerance." An early work by the great landscape architect and designer of New York's Central Park. Howes O78 (for first ed.) Original blue cloth, t.e.g. Spine a bit dull, very minor wear at extremities. Ownership signature of James J. Higginson in vol. II. Very good Frontispiece portrait of the author. xl, 418; [iv], 412, [2, ads] pp. 2 vols. 8vo.

Gilt Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Olmsted (illustrator). 1st Edition. a good plus copy in the original brown gilt cloth embossed, a squat 8vo, by the author of Walks in England. a famous ante bellum work on the slave states and their condition.; The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States 723 pps, plus all the ads at the rear engraved. the rare 1st issue This book has been produced and reissued but once note the condition. front joint loose, else good, Author began his tour in December of 1853 in Washington City and proceeded down through the southern states to Florida. Author was a scholar of note he was born in 1822 and died in 1903. He attended Yale University. Born in 1822, Frederick Law Olmsted worked in many areas, including farming, and publishing, before finding his calling in landscape architecture. He collaborated on the design for Central Park and went on to design projects such as Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the landscape for Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition. In 1903, Olmsted died in Waverly, Massachusett neat professional repair of the joints and the original spine laid down. at quite an expense, thus very good Size: 8vo. Private Press.

1st edition. Hardcover in embossed brown cloth binding, 5x7.5", 723 pp+ adv., Library plate on front paste down. Front board is detached and endpapers are loosening. Howe and Sabin mention a map; this is not present and may have been noted in error. Graff does not note a map nor does any catalogue record one that I can see. Olmsted was best known for his landscape architecture and design of Central park. He was commissioned by the New York Daily Times to write a through account of the southern states, he concluded that slavery caused by more economic and social harm than any benefit could justify. Sabin 57242. Howe (2nd edition) O-78. Graff 3096. Clark III 482.

New York: Dix & Edwards and London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. xv, [1], 723, [1], iv (Dix and Edwards publisher's ads), [1, (blank)]pp. Early printing. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth. Illustrated with in-text engravings. Mild rubbing binding, crown of spine lightly chipped and with tiny short small tear. A nice tight and clean copy and Very Good. This copy bears the dual New York and London imprints, but has "Miller & Company" stamped at the foot of the spine. (Miller & Holman were the printers of the first edition.) The top of the title-page has an early pencil autograph of "L.F. Olmsted" -this individual's connection to Frederick Law Olmsted, if any, is unknown to us. Widely-known as a prominent landscape architect, and the designer of New York's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted also wrote three books on his impressions of the south. Commissioned by the editor of the New York Times, Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is the first of these three travels. Olmsted's trip began in Washington D.C. and proceeded through Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Clark III-482: "Olmsted was a sharp observer, and the book contains a great variety of detail on agriculture, the inefficiency of slave labor. Dismal Swamp and other physical features, Creoles and wildlife. Olmsted believed that slaves were not as well fed as American free laborers, and he devoted considerable space to one of his favorite theories, namely, that slavery was a destroyer of self-respect and initiative. A social thinker as well as a journalist, he worked out and described an interesting plan whereby slaves, through a system of debits and credits, might be given an opportunity to buy their freedom from their masters." Cf: Work p283. Sabin 57242. Howes O-78, incorrectly calling for a map. Graff 3096 (American ed.). Clark III: 482. k67.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. xv (1) 723pp (1) (iv publisher's ads). Illustrated with in-text engravings. Bound in brown blind stamped cloth. Name and address stamp on front free endpaper. Many of the pages show staining at the very edges. Fading to spine. Stain to foredge. Binding still tight. Howe and Sabin mention a map; this is not present and may have been noted in error. Graff does not note a map nor does any catalogue record I could locate. Olmsted was best known for his landscape architecture and design of Central park. He was commissioned by the New York Daily Times to write a through account of the southern states, he concluded that slavery caused by more economic and social harm than any benefit could justify. Sabin 57242. Howe (2nd edition) O-78. Graff 3096. Clark III 482.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 723p. Ex-library. A small hardcover book bound in dark brown cloth. Heavily worn, with rubbed and ragged edges and a cockeyed spine. Traces of sticker residue on spine and various library markings inside. The front hinge has been reinforced with tape, but the binding as a whole is saggy and ought to be handled gently. The text itself is unmarked. A thoroughly used but still readable copy. An account of the author's tour of the antebellum South, with commentary on slavery and the plantation economy. Illustrated with occasional small black and white engravings. Howes O-78. Measures approx. 7.5" x 5".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dixon & Edwards, 1856. First edition, Octavo, original maroon cloth. Signed. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: N/A/. Rubbing to boards. Bright gold gilt on spine. Ex Libris. Old tape repair to title page. Very old finger prints on a few pages, otherwise bright unmarked pages.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine, with dulling to gilt titles, shallow chipping at head of spine. Several small stains to top edge of textblock. Small corner missing from front free end paper. A nice and sharp copy of a book which usually turns up much worse for wear. Olmsted was interested in the slave economy and was commissioned by The New York Daily Times (currently The New York Times) to travel in the American South and gather extensive research. His dispatches, vivid first-person accounts of the antebellum South, were collected into three volumes, this being the first.