The Yankey in London 1809
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Author: [Tyler, Royall]
Title: The Yankey in London, Being the First Part of a Series of Letters Written by an American Youth, During Nine Months' Residence in the City of London . . . Volume I [all published]
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Printed and Published by Isaac Riley
Date Published: 1809
Description:
Author: [Tyler, Royall]
Title: The Yankey in London, Being the First Part of a Series of Letters Written by an American Youth, During Nine Months' Residence in the City of London . . . Volume I [all published]
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Printed and Published by Isaac Riley
Date Published: 1809
Description:
ix, [3], 180 pp. (12mo) 16.5x10 cm (6½x4"), 19th century dark red quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine with gilt rules, decorations and lettering. First Edition.
An epistolary fictional account of an American in London, who writes to his friends in New England and comments on national traits, fashions, literature and language, including letters specifically on famous English literary forgers and London booksellers. See Thomas Tanselle's Royall Tyler (Harvard University Press, 1967), pages 189-205. Scarce.
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Fair amount of wear and rubbing to binding; early pencil notations and ownership signatures on endpapers, heavy foxing throughout; good.
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