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Lot 153

Sale 5126 - Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts
May 31, 2012 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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5 vols.


5 vols.
19th Century Amazon Travel & Exploration: Herndon, W.L; Gibbon, Lardner. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon. Washington: A.P. Nicholson; Robert Armstrong, 1854. 3 vols. Part 2 and Part 1 (Maps) in orig. gilt-lettered brown pub. cloth, Part 1 in later pictorial library cloth; Part 1: Maps (cover detached, corners bumped, library markings to spine. Part 2 (extremities rubbed, library markings to spine). Part 1 with 16 half tone plates; moderate foxing throughout. Part II with 2 fold maps and 36 plates; scattered foxing. Part I: Maps; some closed tears to maps. All with old library markings. Sabin 31524. * Edwards, William. A Voyage up the River Amazon. N.Y: D. Appleton, 1847. 12mo, orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered; corners bumped, spine edges frayed, library markings. With frontis & pub. cat. at rear; perforated library stamp to frontis & title-page. Sabin 21999.* Orton, James. The Andes and the Amazon. N.Y: Harper & Brothers, 1870. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered; extremities rubbed, library markings to spine. With b/w illus & fold map (close tears, perforated library stamps) Pages lightly toned and with library markings.

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