SKETCHES OF HISTORY, LIFE, AND MANNERS IN THE UNITED STATES, by a Traveller.
(Royall, Mrs. Anne.).
New Haven, (CT): Printed for the author, 1826. 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. (Item ID: 44271)
$1,500.00
First edition. Description of the author's tour from St. 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."