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1st Edition Wanderings of South America

Title: Wanderings in South America, The North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. The Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History
Author: Waterton, Charles
Description: vii, 326 pp. Engraved frontispiece. (4to) 10¾x8, modern half calf with marbled boards with period spine laid down. First Edition.One page autograph letter laid in, signed from the author declining a request for a photograph. Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.319-20; Palau 374216; Howes W158; Sabin 102094.
Heading: zzfPlace Published: London
Publisher: J. Mawman
Date Published: 1825

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Spine and boards rubbed, corners bumped; foxing heaviest at frontispiece and flyleaves; else very good.

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