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(Royall, Mrs. Anne.).
SKETCHES OF HISTORY, LIFE, AND MANNERS IN THE UNITED STATES, by aTraveller.
Printed for the author, New Haven, (CT): 1826. First edition. Description of the author's tour fromSt. Stephens, Alabama, through Tennessee, Virginia, and other East Coast states to New England; some 50 pages describe Washington, D.C. The wood engraving is of the Young Ladies' Academy in Georgetown, D.C. Howes R-485: "First publication of this nation's most eminent literary virago and most uncommon scold." Sabin 73824. American Imprints 25978. Clark Old South 98: "A woman of violent prejudices, her writings were often given to personalities of doubtful taste." Owen, p. 1128: "Contains a short sketch of Huntsville, and of the home there of LeRoy Pope, July 1823." 12mo. (4), [13]-356, 359-392 pp. Frontispiece plate. Recent sprinkled tan calf and marbled boards, long vertical red morocco spine label, gilt- titled; text thoroughly foxed and several margins chipped. Solid copy in very good condition.
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