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Marcus Ward & Co., 1876. Hardcover. Good. . Minor chipping at spine edges. Rubber band remnants stuck to front board. Otherwise good. Pages tanned but clean, textblock sturdy.

London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1879. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The second edition of this uncommon and highly illustrated travel work, written by the American explorer John Lloyd Stephens. The second edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, an illustrated title page in colour, a full-page map, fourteen black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens helped to raise awareness of the Maya civilization in Middle America, as well as aiding the planning of the Panama railroad. This is an account of his travels in Egypt and Nubia, with a chapter on the Suez Canal, which was completed in 1869. This work was published by Marcus Ward and Sons, who became very successful in the area of colour lithography, winning a medal at the Great Exhibition of 1851. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth… Read More

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1839-40.. Hardcover. .. Five books bound in one. Crown quarto. Pp. 230; 114; 120; 82 plus engraved frontispiece map of South-Eastern Asia; 94. Wood-engraved illustrations to the last 2 works. The entire is set in double columns. Some light dust-soiling and foxing in places to few leaves. HARDCOVER, bound in recent full mahogany cloth, spine gilt-ruled, gilt lettering-piece, marbled edges. In a very good condition. Generally a fine copy. ~ Various editions. First 3 works published 1839; Fourth and Fifth works published 1840. Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790-1869) was a French writer, poet, and politician, member of the Académie française. His "Voyage en Orient" was first published in 1835. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852), "the American Traveler", was an attorney, explorer, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama… Read More