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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Silliman,
Benjamin.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B><I>A Visit to Europe
in 1851.</I></B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A.S. Barnes;<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cincinnati: H.W. Derby, 1856.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fifth edition (printing).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two volumes, original blue cloth, gilt,
decorated in blind.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A presentation
copy, on the flyleaf of v.1:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"To
Mr. and Mrs. Judah McClellan with the affectionate regards of their niece, and
the author.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Benjamin Silliman.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New Haven, May 29th, 1859."<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Silliman<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was perhaps the most important
American scientist of his time: Professor of Geology at Yale, author of a
popular textbook on chemistry, founded and edited (in 1818) "The American
Journal of Science and Arts".<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
two trips to Europe narrated here were spent calling on scientists and studying
European natural history first-hand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The first edition was New York: Putnam, 1853 (Smith, American Travellers
Abroad, 1969).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A little wear and
staining, a Very Good copy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>$250<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'">Up-Country Letters is a rare
bookselling concern operated by Mark Stirling.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We specialize in Nineteenth Century
American and English Literature with an emphasis on Transcendentalism;<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Emerson, Thoreau, and their
friends and associates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most of our
inventory may be seen on-line at www.abebooks.com.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Any item may be returned within 10
days if found to be unsatisfactory.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Postage is extra and items will be shipped at cost.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Payment may be made by most of the major
credit cards and personal checks are welcome.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Letters,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>P.O. Box
550367,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>South Lake Tahoe,
California<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>96155<SPAN
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