The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States

First Borzoi edition (High quality impression). lxiv, 626pp, xviii. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt design on front; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, bumped and chipped spine ends; shelf number on heel; gilt faded on front and spine. Minor white spotting on rear cover. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox; fore-edge untrimmed. Ex-lender's usual lender's stamps and markings on pastedown, endpapers, title page and copyright page; includes 'withdrawn' stamps. Endpapers and title page starting to fox and tan. Pencil markings on rear pastedown. Previous owner's label on verso of half-title page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 'Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd - London' strip tipped-in over the publisher's name on the title page.