(TRAVEL) [Candler Isaac] A Summary View of America during

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(TRAVEL.) [Candler, Isaac.] A Summary View of America . . . during a Journey in the United States. 8vo, original boards, worn, front cover detached; minor foxing; uncut; early owner's signature on front free endpaper. London, 1824

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Candler was an Englishman who traveled from New England to North Carolina. The book is arranged topically, with 53 pages devoted to slavery and African Americans, and other chapters devoted to Shakers, Quakers, Indians, American women, and more. On New York: "The idea which the Americans entertain, that in another century it will equal London, needs only to be mentioned to show its absurdity" (page 22). Clark II:187; Howes C110; Sabin 10672. No copies known at auction since 1965.