Marcoy, P
Travels in South America...
London, Blacky & Son. 1875(Sabin, 44508)Two volumes in cuarto. Richly engraved linnen over boards. 10 maps & 525 woodcut illustrations.First edition in English (French 1869)First and last leaves old repairs to tiny tears. Good clear copy without foxing.
Famous travel overland form Lima to the mouths of the Amazon (Brasil), richly illustrated.
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Schliemann, H.
Ilios, City and Country of the Trojans
London, Murray, 1880In octavo, original decorated & gilted cloth, slightly rubbed.16 nn leaves; 800 pages1 lithographed folding map, 6 folding plates, 32 lithographed pages, 1570 wood engravings in the text.(Atabey 1079)
First edition (first in German appeared in 1881 only!). The story of the excavations by Schliemann of Troy, are among the most famous of adventure and science ever published.
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Muller Y Tejeiro, Lieutenant Jose
Battles and capitulation of Santiago de Cuba
Washington: Government Printing Office 1898.Octavo; Later calf-backed boards, raised bands to spine, contrasting lettering piece; pp. vi + 108; 2 folding maps; minor wear to boards, internally very clean, a good copy
First English edition, Spanish also 1898.
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