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BRETT, William Henry (1818-1886). The Indian Tribes of Guiana; their Condition and Habits. London: Bell and Daldy, 1868. 8°. Folding lithographed map, 8 hand-coloured plates and 11 plain plates, title-vignette and a few illustrations in the text, errata slip (map rather foxed, frontispiece a little foxed). Original green cloth, uncut (upper inner hinge weak). FIRST EDITION.
WATERTON, Charles (1782-1865). Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles in ... 1812 ... and 1824. London: for J. Mawman, 1825. 4° (270 x 201mm). Engraved frontispiece (frontispiece foxed and offset onto title). Contemporary green polished calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco lettering piece, gilt rule border and a wide blindstamped border round sides, marbled edges (a trifle rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 102094.
And 7 others on the Americas including A. H. Savage-Landor's Across Unknown South America (Boston, 1913, 2 vols.) and C. W. Domville-Fife's Among Wild Tribes of the Amazons (Philadelphia, 1925). (9)
WATERTON, Charles (1782-1865). Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles in ... 1812 ... and 1824. London: for J. Mawman, 1825. 4° (270 x 201mm). Engraved frontispiece (frontispiece foxed and offset onto title). Contemporary green polished calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco lettering piece, gilt rule border and a wide blindstamped border round sides, marbled edges (a trifle rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 102094.
And 7 others on the Americas including A. H. Savage-Landor's Across Unknown South America (Boston, 1913, 2 vols.) and C. W. Domville-Fife's Among Wild Tribes of the Amazons (Philadelphia, 1925). (9)
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