Search Results: exploring and travelling three thousand miles by wells james w

Ulan Press, 2012-08-31. Paperback. Used:Good.

Ulan Press, 2012-08-31. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Philadelphia 1886 first edition. Lippincott. Hardcover. Lime green cloth with gilt lettering and brown decorative trim on front cover panel. 386p. Inner hinges beginning to crack. Text clean; text slightly evenly toned. no owner marks. Many text illustrations. Map missing. Near Good, cover soiled and worn. .

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, &, 1886. Hardcover. Good. . Volume 1 ONLY. Tanning to spine, faint foxing to title, foreedges, here and there throughout. Overall clean. Binding sturdy.

FIRST VOLUME ONLY! ! J.B. Lippincott Company, (1886). 45 Illustrations, one fold-out map. Hardcover LlightGreen cloth with brown stamping and gilt lettering). Wear to the Ends of the spine. Front hinge is weakened. Otherwise Book is in excellent condition (no wear, clean unmarked free of inscriptions interior, uncut pages in the half of the second half of the volume). 9.0"x6.0"x1.5". be30543.

J. B. Lippincott, 1886. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Complete 2 volume set. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The scarce two volume first edition of James W. Wells's richly illustrated account of his travels through Brazil. The two volume first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original cloth binding.Wells provides a fascinating account of his years travelling throughout Brazil, with descriptions and observations about the local climate, railways, sugar factories, mining, finance, and physical geography of the country.Illustrated with a frontispiece and folding map to volume I, and a frontispiece, folding map, and three plates of maps to volume II, and with further vignette illustrations across both volumes. Collated, complete.With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue, dated October 1885, to the rear of volume II.A smart example of this scarce work which paints a detailed portrait of late nineteenth century Brazil. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., 1887. HEAVY. 2 volumes. xix, 411; xii, 386pp; indices; appendices; 2 folding maps; 4 single page maps;2 frontispieces ; num bw text ills. Or green decorated cloth. Volume : spine faded, small hole in cloth at front spine crease, spine edges rubbed, edges somewhat worn, sporadic moderate foxing, long tear (approx 4 inches) to folding map; approx 1/2" strip torn from top of ffep, prev owners name on 1/2 title page, small bookseller stamp at bottom of front pastedown, slightly shaken. Volume 2: rebacked using original faded spine; cloth rubbed, moderate edgewear, corners rubbed, prev owners name on verso of frontis, light to moderate foxing throughout, folding map misfolded resulting in creasing and tiny edge tears. Scarce set detailing travels through 19th century Brazil covering all aspects including climate, finance, mining, sugar industry and more (past, present and future). Not as bad as it sounds.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fair to Good. 8vo.

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book pp XIX, 411: XII, 386. 1st printing. Half bound in black calf with 5 raised bands to spines with gilt titles and decorations to spines and boards, blue/green cloth boards. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of the Author's sketches and original maps and sections. Some light foxing.