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RAMBLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA DURING THE YEAR 1845, WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF OREGON

James, Thomas Horton (writing as "Rubio")

London: Samuel Clarke, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Samuel Clarke imprint. 8vo. Later black quarter leather and brown cloth boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt.

A sharply critical account of American manners, society, and commerce by an English-born traveler, recording his journey through New England, New York, the Great Lakes region, eastern Canada, and along the Ohio River. Includes an appendix describing Oregon, drawn from George Wilkes’s History of Oregon. Howes J50. Very good in later binding, with minor rubbing and a few small marks to the cloth. Text with scattered foxing and toning and marginal staining.

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