Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 598

 
Moritz Busch - Wanderungen, 1854.


598
Moritz Busch
Wanderungen, 1854.
Estimate:
€ 300 / $ 321
Sold:
€ 240 / $ 256

(incl. surcharge)
Busch, M., Wanderungen zwischen Hudson und Mississippi 1851 und 1852. 2 in 1 Bd.Stuttgart and Tübingen, J. G. Cotta 1854. Contemp. cloth with gilt lettering. Large 8vo. 3 ll., 390 pp., 1 blank l.; 3 ll., 381 pp.
Sabin 9520. - Howes B 1038. - First edition. - "Trenchant observations on the Middle West" (Howes). - Debut feature of the German theologist and publicist Moritz Busch, who emigrated tio the USA in 1851-52. - Lacking the half title Reisen- und Länderbeschreibungen, issues 39/40. - Binding somewhat rubbed and faded. Inside hardly stained, well-preserved copy.




598
Moritz Busch
Wanderungen, 1854.
Estimate:
€ 300 / $ 321
Sold:
€ 240 / $ 256

(incl. surcharge)