FEARON, Henry Bradshaw (b.1770?)
Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 8vo (212 x 130 mm). (Scant spotting, U4 torn with repair on verso affecting text and remargined.) Modern red cloth. FIRST EDITION of Fearon's work, which Howes describes as an "unflattering picture of the western frontier." Fearon was sent to America to identify the benenfits of emigration. Howes F-65; Sabin 23956.