Democracy in America
Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville, 1838 & 1840

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Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville, 1838 & 1840
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1859). Democracy in America; Democracy in America. Part the Second. Translated by Henry Reeve. New York: George Dearborn and J. & H.G. Langley, 1838 and 1840.

First American edition. With the blank leaf between the Appendix and Notes in vol. 1, sometimes absent. Sabin 96064 and 96065; Howes T-279.

Two volumes, octavo. (Some spotting.) Vol 1: brown publisher's cloth signed by E. Walker; vol 2: brown blindstamped publisher's cloth (worn with some light soiling in joints, spines and tops of covers sunned); each volume in a custom box. Provenance: R. Fletcher (signature on front and rear pastedowns of vol 1 only).

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