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BURTON
Richard F.
BURTON
Richard F.

MBA004: Lot 34. BURTON, Richard F., editor; Randolph B. Marcy.

The prairie traveller, a handbook for overland expeditions.

£450 - £550

The prairie traveller, a handbook for overland expeditions. 83638
With illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific, and a map.
Trubner, London 1863.

Description

First Burton edition, second issue. 8vo., xvi, 251pp., 24 pages of ads at end dated 1882, wood-engraved frontispiece, folding map, 12 illustrations in text, later tan calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gillt in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, raised bands, original wrappers bound-in, all edges gilt, upper joint neatly repaired, a fine copy.

Provenance

Bibliography

Casada 90; Penzer p70; Wagner-Camp 335:4.