South and Central America to include: A Voyage up the River ...

South and Central America to include: A Voyage up the River Amazon, Including a Residence at Para, William H. Edwards, pub. John Murray 1847. Octavo. 210 pp. Rebound in marbled boards and quarter polished calf with red Morocco label to the spine and renewed endpapers. A handsome little copy. With; British Guiana the Essequibo and Potaro Rivers with an Account of A Visit to the Recently Discovered Kaieteur Falls, Lt Col. Webber, pun Edward Stanford 1873. Octavo. 82 pp. Folding map and Frontispiece. Original cloth, rebacked with the remains of the spine. The binding dusty and marked, with gilt titles to the front board. A decent copy of a very rare title. With; In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin, pub. Cape, 1977, 1st ed. Octavo. 204 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Jacket is unclipped showing £4.95 Blue map endpapers. The jacket shows just a few degrees of fading to the spine, else a VG copy of Chatwin's first book. With; Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, by Edward Whymper, pub. John Murray, 1892. Quarto. 456 pp. Map in rear pocket. Pale brown cloth with gilt marginal stylings on the front board, replicated in blind on the rear. Spine faded with touch of wear at the head and foot resulting in small areas of loss to the cloth. Title page with partial split at the gutter but in no danger of detaching. A good copy without the supplementary appendix volume.

Estimate:£200

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