Gurney | Joseph John

Familiar Letters To Henry Clay Of Kentucky – Describing A Winter In The West Indies

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First edition of Familiar Letters to Henry Clay, by Joseph John Gurney.

Octavo, 203pp. Publishers cloth, title in gilt on spine. Some wear to cloth, with pen marks on top edge of rear panel. Intermittent foxing throughout. Previous ownership bookplate and signature on front free endpaper. Includes laid in letter, translated from Spanish. (Sabin 29309)

Comments: A thorough description of slavery in the West Indies, slavery in the United States, travel in Jamaica and the abolitionist movement. The author, Joseph John Gurney was a noted Quaker philanthropist and crusader against slavery.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Mahlon Day & Co.

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1840

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Good

Author

Gurney | Joseph John