3 volumes. vi, 8, [2], 504; [14], 563; [12], 596, [20 (index)] pp. With several wood-engravings throughout the text; Volume I with a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait and a folding steel-engraved map of the United States. 8½x5¼, bound in period half dark brown-maroon calf and marbled boards, each with two gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, spines decoratively tooled in gilt. First Edition.

Nicely bound little set of Buckingham's respected historical surveys of the two leading North American nations. Howes notes that the work is "devoted to New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland." "A record of three years travel through the United States between 1837-1840...The writer is candid and endeavors to be impartial. His style is dignified though touched by self-complacency. Of special value are his comments on education, benevolent institutions, and the treatment of the Indians" - Larned 1848; Howes B921; Sabin 8892.