smyth lieutenant lowe (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1973 reprint of the 1836 edition. very good cloth, no dust jacket, library cloth rebound but not ex-library, no fold out maps but with a reproduction of a 1640 map of "Chili". Publisher information is missing - I will add. 8/23.

Quarter-leather. Condizione: Very Good. viii 305 [1]pp, engraved title vignette, 11 plates (the plate called for at p152 has been bound as the frontispiece and has a slightly frayed top edge), two large folding maps laid down onto linen at the rear, modern calf backed marbled boards, spine with raised bands and black and red morocco labels, new endpapers, some plates very lightly foxed or toned with some offsetting from or to the text, otherwise very clean, 8vo (225x133mm).

8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 305 pp, 10 plates (complete), 2 maps, title page vignette, additional map added. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, slightly rubbed, clean, very good, sound and tight copy. An unabridged reprint of the first edition (see Naylor 115. Palau 315283. Sabin 85346. Welch 213.) Goodman 588: 'The narrative of two British naval officers who made the journey to investigate the feasibility of the Amazon route as an outlet of the products of the interior'. With much on the indigenous peoples, conditions, mines, agriculture, customs, rivers, living conditions, wildlife, etc. The two maps called for at the end of the1836 edition were replaced with a reprint of a map of Chili from the Blaeu atlas of 1640. This is the case for all copies of this edition, making this copy complete. A picture of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. vii, [1] 305pp. 6 lithographed and 4 wood-engraved plates, lithographed map, lithographed plates lightly browned two folding engraved maps: Route from Lima to the Mission of Sarayacu.: Plan of the Rivers Ucayali and Amazon from the Mission of Sarayacu to the Rio Negro. Original diced gilt ruled brown calf, raised bands, leather title label. marbled end papers and foredges. Book-plate William Allan Smith-Masters. interesting tipped-in ALS, Association copy from the Authors brother presenting this volume. Excellent copy. [Sabin 85346].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1863. South America, Exploration. John Murray, London. Ex-library rebound in heavy green cloth, complete with two fold out maps 305p. Text is in wonderful, near fine condition. Please note - some plates were trimmed during binding, especially maps in text. Please contact us for more information 8/23.