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Voyage dans les etats-unis de l’amerique, fait en 1784 by SMITH, J.F.D.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Voyage dans les etats-unis de l’amerique, fait en 1784
Author
SMITH, J.F.D.
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Buisson, 1791. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Woodcut chapter heading in Volume 1. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, a bit worn; despite minor browning on the first and last few leaves of each volume, a wonderful set. First edition in French. This work records a trip of considerable interest for the current status of the United States at the end of the eighteenth century, with particular attention to economic and social aspects, and in particular to the Southern States. Smyth (1745-1814) was a Scot who lived in Virginia during the Revolutionary War. He traveled across the nation and recorded his impressions in this work. “The author, who was a zealous Loyalist, lost his property during the war; and his work is said to have been written to gain favor with the Government, by abusing the Americans and magnifying his own losses. He narrowly escaped hanging by the Whigs on more than one occasion, but lived to record many intersting particulars of the first days of the Revolution, together with many scandalous anecdotes relating to the public men of the time” (Lathrop Harper 143:453). Smyth details the living conditions of various Native American tribes; provides descriptions of Southern plantations, the use of black slaves, current situations in Virginia, Carolina, New Mexico, and New Orleans and its French population. One chapter is dedicated to the Moravian colonies. The last part of the second volume reports the economic situation of the United States after independence, a meeting with Washington, and a description of New York. The first edition appeared in London in 1784; the French translation is the work of Charles Louis Barentin de Montchal. Howes S-730; Sabin 85256.
The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden by Bagnold, Enid

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The Chalk Garden
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Bagnold, Enid
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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1956). First Edition. Hardcover. [light wear to lower extremities; jacket browned at spine (as typical with RH plays of this period), miniscule chipping at spine ends]. (B&W photographs) Comedy about an elderly eccentric and her disturbed, pyromaniacal granddaughter, the latter looked after by a governess with a green thumb and a mysterious past. The original 1955 Broadway production starred (in the respective roles) Gladys Cooper, Betsy von Furstenburg and Siobhan McKenna, and ran for 182 performances; a West End (London) production the following year featured Edith Evans, Judith Stott and Peggy Ashcroft; Evans repeated her role in the 1964 film version, with Hayley Mills and Deborah Kerr stepping into the roles of the granddaughter and the governess. There have also been several revivals, notably Off-Broadway in 1982 and at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2008. .

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