8vo. In two volumes. viii, 313, [3]; [4], 287pp, [1]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed. Very occasional light spotting.

The first edition of actor and dramatist Frances Ann Butler's [née Kemble] (1809-1893) diary recording her two-year barnstorming tour of America in the company of her renowned actor father Charles Kemble (1775-1854).

The publication of the book made her position in America difficult, with many unable to forgive her highly critical attitudes to American manners (the prevalence of spitting in particular), and her frequent (though obfuscated) character assassinations of prominent residents.