MEMOIR OF SAMUEL SLATER; The father of American manufactures, connected with a history of the rise and progress of the cotton manufacture in England and America with remarks on the influence of manufactories in the United States, illustrated by 30 engravings

Philadelphia, 1836. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 448. With several illustrations, including frontis portrait.fold out plates, the final plate is very foxed. BOUND WITH: LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING TABLES AND NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURE AND FOREIGN TRADE OF COTTON. April 5, 1836. pp. 120 with many tables. Ex-library, hinges loose, Bound in in contemporary cloth (worn at corners, with old crude rebacking). Complete, but a worn copy. Goldsmith 29417. Kress C4284. Howes W-355. Sabin 103385. (Inventory #: 55850)