Hardback. US Reprint - 1st pub. Baily Brothers, London 1856. Foreword by John Francis McDermott. The book chronicles the travels of a 21-year-old Englishman through the early United States. Published posthumously in 1856 by Baily Brothers in London, the journal, details Baily’s journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and back via the Natchez Trace. It vividly captures frontier life, Native American encounters, and early American cities, offering a valuable historical perspective. The editor has divided the text into 10 chapters, adds scholarly notes (but omits the memoir present in the first edn.) preserving this significant travelogue. Illus. + Map eps, Notes, Sources Consulted and Index. 336pp. 8vo. h/back. With previous owner's name/date insc. to fep o/w Nr. F. in F. protected dw.