Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in North America; Including The United States, Canada, the Shores of the Polar Sea, and the Voyages in Search of a North-West Passage; with Observations on Emigration
London / Edinburgh: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green / Oliver & Boyd, 1829. First Edition. Leatherbound. 8vo. Pp. xii, 530; x, [2], 556. Two vols. Illustrated (vol I) with a fold-out map. Appendix (vol 2). 1834 gift inscription on a blank preliminary. Bound in burgundy pebbled morocco with blind stamped concentric frames front and back, gilt titles stamped on the spines between five raised bands, AEG. Rubbed edges and corners, wear and sunning to spines, Vol. I spine head chipped and hinges starting, light foxing to outer leaves, fold-out map with a crimped edge and a four-inch closed tear at the mounting stub. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns. Very Good-. Item #11337
The inscription reads "J. Hudson from his friend J. Hardwick, March 1834, on his leaving Eton." SABIN: 51500. DIONNE: II 1048. GAGNON I: 2483. HOWES: M-914. LANDE: 669. MORGAN: 289. TPL: 1555.
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