NORTH AMERICA [Penguin English Library]

Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1968

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Penguin Cat. No. EL38. ***First impression of the first Penguin English Library edition. Edited by Robert Mason with a special Introduction by John William Ward. This is the true first UK paperback edition - a paperback original. The book was first published in 1862.***Very good in colour-illustrated wrappers. Just a few marks and light edge creasing commensurate with age and handling. [see scans] Covers bright and clean, although there is a 2cm split at the tail of the spine and front cover. The wrappers ate slightly scuffed. There is a very light reading crease to the spine, which is slightly faded. Interior pages unmarked. Paper slightly tanned. No inscriptions. ***225 pages including Notes plus publisher's adverts to the rear. 180mm x 111mm. ***'Trollope's observations on American society a hundred years ago (of which this volume is a shortened version) have long been out of print. His mother had written a book which castigated the crudity of American manners: thirty years later, when Trollope hoped to make restitution, the American Civil War had broken out. His sympathies were with the North and, though shocked by "the purposely vicious herd of uncouth democracy", he could always detect the romance underlying the vulgar surface and comprehend the ebullient American pride in equality. Never looking down on what he saw, but looking at it, Anthony Trollope was admirably equipped to observe American (or any other) culture intelligently and sympathetically: and he was deeply conscious that in America lay the seeds of the future world.' (Quote from rear wrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first edition of the Penguin English Library edition of North America by Anthony Trollope, edited by Robert Mason with a special Introduction by John William Ward. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. …

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Title
NORTH AMERICA [Penguin English Library]
Author
Anthony Trollope [Edited by Robert Mason, with an Introduction by John William Ward]
Publisher
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Publication year
1968
Condition
Very Good
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Binding
Original Wraps
Edition
First Edition Thus
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First Impression
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