The Americas
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First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 288; xi, 263 pp., 16 pages ads dated November 1851, 2 additional etched titles, 5 etchings after the author, original red pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt, neat repairs to extremities and inner hinges, a very good set.
£650 -
First edition, senate issue; 2 vols bound in 3; 4to; numerous plates, including some coloured, folding maps and plans, some small tears, minor offsetting to plates; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt ruled, spine in parts with gilt tooling and title, covers worn, a good copy.
£3,750 -
First Dublin edition. 8vo., [2], x, 244 pp., slightly spotted and slightly soiled, contemporary calf, a very good copy.
£600 -
First edition, 8vo, viii, 121, [3]pp., contemporary calf, spine with raised bands, compartments tooled in gilt with acorn device, original red label titled in gilt, a fine copy.
£3,000 -
8vo [12], 91, 96-173, [3] pp., additional engraved title, 15 engraved plates and maps, (2 folding), some cut close, by Van der Gucht after drawings by Froger; lightly browned, scattered spotting. Contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, a very good copy of a scarce title.
£3,500 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 4to, xvii, [vii], 488; [iv], 535, [xxiii], viii, 143 [i] pp., 4 folding maps by Thomas Kitchin, 1 folding plate, small repairs to upper margin pp 133-135 vol I, not touching text, maps and plates foxed, occasional light foxing to text, contemporary polished calf gilt, red and green morocco labels, joints cracked but firm, a very good set.
£2,500 -
8vo, ix, 309 pp., engraved folding map by Samuel Neele (very light waterstain), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, red morocco lettering piece, light wear, an excellent copy.
£2,750 -
First edition. 2 vols, 8vo, I: viii, [2] (list of illustrations, blank), 351, [1](blank), 32 (publisher's ads)pp., with frontispiece, 4 plates, and 13 in-text illustrations (of which one full-page), II: [2](blank), vi, 423, [1](blank)pp., with frontispiece, 3 plates, and 20 in-text illustrations; a few leaves creased, minor spotting to early leaves; publishers brown cloth gilt by Edmonds & Remnants; corners and edges bumped, rubbed, a few marks, endpapers dust-stained, nonetheless a good copy.
£1,400 -
First edition. 8vo, xl, 530 pp., folding coloured map, 8 coloured lithograph plates, later blue half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, lightly rubbed, a little light foxing, an excellent example.
£1,500 -
2 volumes in 1, 8vo, xii, 432; viii, 436pp., 2 engraved frontispieces, large folding map (small neat repair to verso), original blue blind-stamped cloth gilt, pictorial vignette to upper cover, all edges gilt, lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
£850