William tappan thompson (9 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 284pp. Light scattered foxing throughout, extremities lightly worn with some spotting to the rear. Spine sunned with some loss at the head, else very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Fourth Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pages; [1857] T. B. Peterson. HC 2 volumes in one. 217; 192 pp. 4th printing. Stout HC in original brown cloth with titles much dulled in gilt to spine. Each volume with separate title page and ebgraved title page. Illustrated from 21 engravings after F. O. C. Darley. Cloth rubbed and dulled; shallow loss and fray at spine ends. Foxing and spotting generally light but heavier to plates and adjacent leaves - scattered throughout. Thompson was an ardent supporter of slavery and the South in the civil war. Wright 2592 Good only.…

Reprint of Thompson's Chronicles of Pineville (published 1845). 12mo. 198 (30, publisher's ads) pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates. BAL 20086. Original black and gilt-stamped green cloth (front hinge partially cracked). Still a very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First vol. is ninth edition. 3 vols. in one: 217; 192; 186 p. 19 cm. Library of Humorous American Works. 32 b&w illustrations by Darley. Hardcover has taped spine and worn front corners. Marbled text block edge. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Foxing throughout. Holes at hinges. Three volumes in one book with two coloured title pages. Vol. 2 continues Jones's tour from Georgia to Canada. Vol. 3 contains Chronicles of Pineville. William Tappan Thompson (1812-1882) was an American author who, in addition to writing novels, co-founded and edited the Daily Morning News. Through that paper, he supported the Confederacy and wrote pieces that promoted white supremacy, suggesting that the confederate flag would "rank among the proudest ensigns of the nations" and be recognized as "The White Man's Flag." This novel is his most famous work, an epistolary fiction. The illustrations reflect nineteenth-century American perceptions of the racial binary (and hierarchy) that Thompson endorsed. An excellent historical document demonstrating the politics of race and white supremacy in the history of American fiction.…