first edition
1856 · Boston
by MARSH, George P.
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. First Edition. 12mo, pp. 224. Bound in brown cloth (worn at the extremities of the spine),front hinge repaired, a nice clean tight copy. Sabin 44735. Scarce. The author had long been fascinated by the possibilities of introducing camels to the US and spent some time residing in Turkey and traveling through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, Petraea and Syria. This was written while the Secretary of War was experimenting with camel introduction in the US. (Inventory #: 22487)