Retrospect of Western Travel.
New York: Charles Lohman, 1838. Hardcover. On the spine: Walton's Lives; Letters from Italy; Western Travels. Multiple volumes bound together. Two volumes of Retrospect of Western Travel by Harriet Martineau, 194pp, 178pp respectively. Bound with other pamphlets, including "Letters from Italy" by J.T. Headley, Wiley & Putnam, NY 1845, 224pp; and "The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson" by Izaak Walton, Wiley and Putnam, NY 1846.
Includes an article on traveling up the Hudson, with a section devoted to West Point, "... the charms of the place are scarcely to be surpassed. The hotel is always full of good company in the season. Mr. Cozens keeps a table for the officers, and is permitted to add as many guests as his house will hold." (p39).
8vo, black half calf binding in somewhat rubbed condition, slight fox spotting throughout. With a small engraved paper nameplate of Henry W. Eastman at the front paste down, below a contemporary list of titles in manuscript, laid down; Eastman's signature at the ffep and title page. Eastman was a Hempstead Long Island lawyer. Good + overall. Item #3267
Price: $350.00