Search Results: narrative of the united states exploring by wilkes charles 1798 1877

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia : Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy, wear and tear as with age. Boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 1 v. : fronts., ill., plates. Subjects; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Travel. United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). Discoveries in geography. Scientific expeditions.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First edition available to the public, 1845. Five volumes, lacks the atlas. Publisher's original cloth, five imposing volumes with page size approximately 11" x 7", some volumes with a large number of unopened page edges. Includes all the steel plate engravings and maps called for in the five volumes of text, half-titles included in each volume. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt vignettes of eagle, shield and ship on covers and woman with map and ship on spine, additional cover decoration in blind, edges untrimmed. Good to very good condition with expected rubbing to covers, some spine chipping and wearthrough to corners, good hinges sound text blocks, lightly age-toned but clean pages with some occasional light foxing, modest semi-circular transparent stains to far outer margins of a few plates (images not affected), top margins of last 50 or so pages in volume III have transparent tide marks that do not affect printed areas,… Read More

6 volumes. lx+434 pages with frontispiece, 7 plates, 15 vignettes (including music scores), 67 woodcuts, tables and one internal folding map; xvi+476 pages with frontispiece, 13 plates, 14 vignettes (including music scores), 46 woodcuts, and 3 folding maps; xv+438 pages with 12 plates, 10 vignettes (including music scores) and 50 woodcuts; xv+539 pages with fold out frontispiece map, 15 plates, tables, 5 vignettes and 35 woodcuts; xii+558 pages with frontispiece fold out map, 15 plates, 3 vignettes, 49 woodcuts, tables, 3 maps and index; atlas 5 engraved folding maps and charts (one hand-colored) Quarto (10 3/4" x 7") bound in uniform half-blue calf over marbled boards, cornered in calf (Cowan p.683; Forbes 1574; Hill 1867; Haskell 2B, 17; Howes W-414; Rosove 353.B1) The first edition published by Sherman in 1844 of which 100 copies were printed for sale and 63 sets which were given to states and foreign nations and which 25 were destroyed in a fire. An unofficial edition by Lea And Blanchard in 1845… Read More