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Lot 361
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11 vols. 11 vols.
Americana - 18th & 19th-Century Travel: Brisotte de Warville, Jacques-Pierre. New Travels in the United States of America. London, 1794. Second edition, corrected. 2 vols. 8vo, contemp. tree calf; scuffed & rubbed, joints tender. Portrait, table. Minor internal spotting. Howes B-784. * [Poletica, Pierre]. A Sketch of the Internal Condition of the United States. Baltimore: E.J. Coale, 1826. 8vo, modern cloth-backed orig. bds.; edge wear, scuffed. Gutter of 1/2 title repaired. Ex-library - ink stamp on title-page. Howes P-432. * Dunn, John. The Oregon Territory. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber, 1845. 12mo, contemp. sheep, morocco spine label; scuffed. 8 pp. adverts. Howes D-577. * Grant, Mrs. [Anne McV.] Memoirs of an American Lady. New York, 1846. 12mo, orig. brown cloth; spine ends frayed, other light wear. Free endpapers excised. Adverts. Light to moderate foxing. Howes G-303. * Lyell, Charles. A Second Visit to the United States of North America. London: John Murray, 1849. 1st ed. 2 vols. Contemp. 1/2 green morocco & marbled bds. & edges; scuffed, occasionally rubbed. Light foxing to endpapers. Howes L-574. * Myers, J.C. Sketches of a Tour Through the Northern and Eastern States,... Harrisonburg, Va., 1849. 16mo, contemp. mottled sheep, morocco spine label; scuffed, occasionally rubbed. Minor dampstaining at head of front matter (incl. title page). Howes M-932 * Kane, Elisha Kent. Artctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition... 1853, '54, '55. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 1st ed. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. brown cloth; corners bumped, spine ends slightly frayed. Frontis. portraits, maps, charts, plates, text illus. Internally clean. Sabin 37001. * Paton, William Agnew. Down the Islands: A Voyage to the Caribbees. New York: Scribner's, 1887. 1st ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. red, black & gilt stamped & lettered beige cloth; some edge wear. Full-page & text illus.