A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy

Frederick Law Olmsted

Published by Dix & Edwards, New York, 1856

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy
• Publisher: Dix & Edwards, New York
• Publication Date: 1856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition