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America.- Gisborne (Lionel) The Isthmus of Darien in 1852: Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, first edition, 4 folding maps, one with short tear, occasional foxing, original cloth, spine very slightly faded and with small nick at upper joint, 1853 § Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a Residence in...Jamaica, first edition, contemporary polished tree calf, gilt, spine richly gilt but faded, 1834 § Martineau (Harriet) Society in America, 2 vol., foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly gilt but faded, Paris, 1837 § Volney (C.F.) View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America, 2 folding engraved maps and 2 folding plates, foxing, contemporary half calf, worn, 1804; and 5 others, Americas, 8vo (10)
Lot 8
America.- Gisborne (Lionel) The Isthmus of Darien in 1852: Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, first edition, 1853; and 9 others on the Americas, 8vo (10)
Hammer Price: £650
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America.- Gisborne (Lionel) The Isthmus of Darien in 1852: Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, first edition, 4 folding maps, one with short tear, occasional foxing, original cloth, spine very slightly faded and with small nick at upper joint, 1853 § Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a Residence in...Jamaica, first edition, contemporary polished tree calf, gilt, spine richly gilt but faded, 1834 § Martineau (Harriet) Society in America, 2 vol., foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly gilt but faded, Paris, 1837 § Volney (C.F.) View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America, 2 folding engraved maps and 2 folding plates, foxing, contemporary half calf, worn, 1804; and 5 others, Americas, 8vo (10)