Sale: 340 / Rare Books, May 19./20. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 487

 
Edward King - The Southern States. 4 Bde. 1875


487
Edward King
The Southern States. 4 Bde. 1875
Estimate:
€ 250 / $ 268
Sold:
€ 204 / $ 218
(incl. surcharge)
King, E., The southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Profusely illustrated from original sketches by J. Wells Champney. 4 Bde. Mit 1 doppelblattgr. lithogr. Karte und 4 Holzstichtafeln sowie und zahlr. Holzstichillustrationen im Text. London, Blackie 1875. Schwarz- und goldgepr. OLwd. mit GGoldschnitt in neuem Lwd.-Schuber. Kl.-4to.
Howes K 149. - Erste englische Ausgabe, erschienen im Jahr der Erstausgabe The great south. - "This work is the record of an extensive tour of observation through what were formerly the Slave States of North America during the whole of the year 1873 and the spring and summer of 1874 ... The work now offered to the public will contain not only all that was valuable in the series of articles that appeared in the Magazine, re-written and re-arranged, but will also embody a very large amount of valuable and picturesque description and many engravings not heretofore published." (Vorwort) - Leicht gebräunt und stellenw. leicht fleckig. Gelenke und Rücken unter Verwendung des alten Materials restauriert.



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Edward King
The Southern States. 4 Bde. 1875
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