Hardcover
1872 · New York, New York
by Taylor, Bayard
New York, New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1872. Hardcover. VG- Wear and tear to binding and spine, small strip missing at top of spine, and a notch out of bottom of spine. Foxing to endpapers, but interior pages are clean, and evenly tanned. Fold out map is intact. One loose signature, still in place. Inscription on ffep.. Deep rust cloth over boards. Gilt/black illustration on cover. Gilt/black title on spine. xvi, 280 pp. Fold out map and 38 b/w illustrations. From introductory pages, "The Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure is designed to furnish a clear, picturesque, and tolerably complete survey of our present knowledge of lands and races, as it is supplies by travelers and explorers, especially of our own time.
(Inventory #: 171636)