Ending Aug 15, 2023 10:27 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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(CENTRAL AMERICA) Two works on Central America and the proposed Nicaraguan Canal.
Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family
(CENTRAL AMERICA)
Two works on Central America and the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. PIM, BEDFORD AND BERTHOLD SEEMANN. Dottings on the Roadside, in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito. London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. First edition. Publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth. 8 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches (22 x 13.75 cm); xiv, 469 pp.; map, six tinted chromolithographic plates. Spine quite toned, some soiling, wear to extremities, hinges cracking at endpapers; and PIM, BEDFORD. The Gate of the Pacific. London: Lovell Reede & Co., 1863. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (22 x 14 cm); xiii, [1], 432 pp., [4], 16, 8 pp. of ads; 7 maps (two folding), 8 colored, and one black and white plate. Some binding wear, short split on rear joint, some minor staining to margins of several plates.
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Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family
(CENTRAL AMERICA)
Two works on Central America and the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. PIM, BEDFORD AND BERTHOLD SEEMANN. Dottings on the Roadside, in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito. London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. First edition. Publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth. 8 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches (22 x 13.75 cm); xiv, 469 pp.; map, six tinted chromolithographic plates. Spine quite toned, some soiling, wear to extremities, hinges cracking at endpapers; and PIM, BEDFORD. The Gate of the Pacific. London: Lovell Reede & Co., 1863. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (22 x 14 cm); xiii, [1], 432 pp., [4], 16, 8 pp. of ads; 7 maps (two folding), 8 colored, and one black and white plate. Some binding wear, short split on rear joint, some minor staining to margins of several plates.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023
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Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023
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