[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: DE TOCQUEVILLE'S "DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA", 2 VOLS

[Norman Kane]

DE TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS.  DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. TRANSLATED BY HENRY REEVE WITH AN ORIGINAL PREFACE AND NOTES BY JOHN C. SPENCER. THIRD AMERICAN EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED. N.Y.:Geo. Adlard, 1839.  Original cloth stamped in blind & gilt, several small spots on spine (which is sunned to a lighter color), old Odd-Fellows bookplate, some soiling of end paper, some light foxing.
WITH:
DE TOCQUEVILLE.  DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, PART THE SECOND, THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY. TRANSLATED BY HENRY REEVE WITH AN ORIGINAL PREFACE BY JOHN C. SPENCER.  N.Y.: J. & H. G. Langley; Phila.: Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co.; Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co., 1840. First edition. Original cloth stamped in blind & gilt, spine chipped, end papers oxidized, signature of W. R. Williams at top of title, text clean and unfoxed. This (best) edition is scarce: OCLC locates only the AAS copy. 

Together these 2 printings constitute the first American appearance of the best English text of this famous and influential work. New USiana T283-284. 

THE TWO VOLUMES,  $ 790.00

(trade discount available)

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