iv, 123, [1] pp. 22/5x13.5 cm. (8¾x5¾"), original boards, paper spine label. First Edition.

Holditch reprises various accounts of life in the U.S. and British America, with advice on travel on land and waterways, the climate, soil, cost of provisions, land laws, etc., and advising the potential emigrant "to take slavery into consideration" when calculating costs and lifestyle. Covers both Upper and Lower Canada, followed by detailed descriptions of the 22 states, the District of Columbia, and the five territories to the north and west of Ohio. With ink ownership inscription on first page of preface, "John Carswell, Sept. 7th, 1825, London." This copy without the advertisement pages noted by Howes, but it is untrimmed and in the original boards, with no signs of removal, assuredly as issued.  Howes H584.