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Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

Saunders and Otley

1835

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A first English language edition of de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.

  • Sold as a set of 2 volumes.
  • Alexis de Tocqueville (French, 1805-1859)
  • Translated by Henry Reeve.
  • London: Saunders and Otley, 1835. 
  • Octavos.
  • With hand-colored foldout map in volume 2. 
  • Both volumes with one leaf of ads in rear.
  • Bound in contemporary half brown leather with marbled paper boards, morocco labels with gilt lettering to spines.

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Some rubbing to boards and bumping to corners.

Ex-library, with stamp and call number to the front free endpapers, worn call numbers to tails of spines.

Ink name stamp to front pastedowns.

Light scattered foxing.

Small tape repair to map.

Feature(s)

First Edition

Language

English

Subject

History, Americana, Fine bindings, Politics

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