The Amazonian Republic, Recently Discovered in the Interior of Peru
Language: English
Published by Samuel Colman, New York, 1842
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.SF & F Books
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The Amazonian Republic, Recently Discovered in the Interior of Peru. By Ex-Midshipman Timothy Savage, B.C. Member of the Philosophical Society of Baltimore and of the Antiquarian Academy of Staten Island. New York: Samuel Colman, 1842. Octavo, pages [1-2] [3] 4-177 [178: blank]. Possible original paper binding with paper covered boards and paper labeled spine titled in black with previous owner's info dated 1850 on front pastedown. Flaking, peeling and discolored boards, modest foxing throughout, remnants of removed label on rear pastedown. Bleiler, The Early Years: 1950 American Utopian story about a city run by Amazonian women. Reversal of stereotypical gender roles with women running the city and doing all the work, and men staying home and hoping to get married; "large strong females and weak delicate males".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Amazonian Republic, Recently Discovered in the Interior of Peru
- Author
- Timothy Savage [Pseud.]
- Publisher
- Samuel Colman, New York
- Publication year
- 1842
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- Octavo
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