(TRAVEL) Gordon James Bentley An Historical and Geographical

Sale 2533 - Lot 239

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(TRAVEL.) Gordon, James Bentley. An Historical and Geographical Memoir of the North-American Continent, its Nation and Tribes. Frontispiece portrait. [iii]-civ, x, [2], 305 pages plus errata slip bound in after title page. 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf over marbled boards, minor wear; intermittent foxing, minor dampstaining on top edge, occasional early pencil notes in margins; large-paper issue (leaves 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches); original owner's signature and provenance note on front endpapers. Dublin, 1820

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The work of a clergyman from northern Ireland. Includes sections on Mexico (79 pages); New Mexico and California (13 pages); Northwestern America (65 pages); Greenland (12 pages); Canada (31 pages); "Virginia"--meaning all of the vast "territories possessed by the United States of North America" (69 pages); the Bahamas (8 pages); Newfoundland (9 pages) and more. The American Revolution is discussed on pages 242-5, and the institution of slavery on 268-9. Howes G252 ("aa" for large-paper copy); Sabin 27979; TPL 1195. One other example traced at auction since 1977.