New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw Two volume set
D'Albertis, L[uigi] M[aria]
From Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since August 9, 1997
From Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since August 9, 1997
About this Item
Two volume set. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xii 424pp, xii406pp. Frontispiece. Volume 1 illustrated with 4 chromolithograph plates of birds and 36 additional full page engravings and vignettes, complete. Volume 2 with 29 plates or vignettes as well as a color fold-out map in the rear "Fly River". Stated second edition, which is the first American edition printed with the second English edition sheets. Bound into worn brown library binding. There are numerous stamps and and stickers including to all of the chromolitho plates. The front gutter of volume 1 is cracked. In volume two, the gathering comprising pp 161-224 has been miss-bound to be after page 240 and the plate that's noted as being opposite page 327 is actually at page 160. All pages present. A working set of this rare work. Seller Inventory # 70421
Bibliographic Details
Title: New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw Two ...
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston
Publication Date: 1881
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Edition: Second edition.
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