TRAVELS IN CANADA, AND THROUGH THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA.
London. 1861., SABIN 38219. LANDE 489. HOWES K248. TPL 3574.. Two volumes. x,345; iv,357pp. Original pebbled cloth, spines gilt. Spines somewhat sunned. Small, discreet library blindstamp on each titlepage. Bookplates removed (with typical glue residue). Otherwise clean and very good, largely unopened. Inscribed on verso of front free endpaper: "With the Publisher's compliments." First English edition, translated from the original German edition of 1856. An eminent German's account of travel in Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont in 1855. He describes West Point, Buffalo, Niagara, Burlington, Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, the Indians of St. Lorette, Ottawa, railway communications in Canada, the Valley of Wyoming, etc. Kohl also.... more information
Price: 550.00 USD
... A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF MAINE.
Portland, Me. 1869., HOWES K246. SERVIES 5195.. 535pp. plus twenty-three maps (many folding). Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Small tear at head of spine. Inner hinge cracked, but holding. Else sharp and clean. Very good. A mine of information on the earliest travels of discovery to the northeastern coast of America. Discusses voyages as far south as Florida. The appendix contains D'Avezac's work, ON THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS. After describing the physical features of the region, the author devotes a chapter to the pre-Columbian discoveries of the Northmen before proceeding to his main focus of British and European travels to the Northeast beginning with.... more information
Price: 250.00 USD
