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Tocqueville, Alexis de
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Democracy in America. New York: Adlard and Saunders, George Dearborn, 1838, J. & H.G. Langley, 1840
2 volumes (a mixed set), 8vo (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 225 x 140 mm); some mostly marginal spotting in both volumes, waterstain in lower margin of much of first volume. Original dark- and light-brown cloth, blindstamped panels on covers, gilt-stamped title on spines, in a black half-morocco drop-box; first volume extremities worn with head and foot of spine chipped and joints mended, second volume extremities rubbed.
2 volumes (a mixed set), 8vo (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 225 x 140 mm); some mostly marginal spotting in both volumes, waterstain in lower margin of much of first volume. Original dark- and light-brown cloth, blindstamped panels on covers, gilt-stamped title on spines, in a black half-morocco drop-box; first volume extremities worn with head and foot of spine chipped and joints mended, second volume extremities rubbed.
Provenance
Sarah York (signature on first title); John A. Hammond (signature on second volume pastedown). Acquisition: Ralph Geoffrey Newman
Literature
Howes T-278 & 279
Catalogue Note
First edition in English of this classic analysis of the American character and social institutions.