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8 volumes, comprising:
8 volumes, comprising:
1. BEERBOHM, JULIUS. Wanderings in Patagonia, or Life Among the Ostrich Hunters. London: Chatto & Windus, 1881. 8vo. Publisher's red pictorial cloth gilt. Covers slightly soiled, slight browning.
2. BOURNE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. The Captive in Patagonia; or, Life among the Giants. A Personal Narrative. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, publisher's catalog at back. Modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, retaining original covers tipped in at back. Scattered stains.
3. BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY MARIE. Voyage to South America, Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress. Baltimore: Published by the Author, 1819. 2 volumes. 8vo. Hand-colored folding map. 19th century calf, gilt titles on spine. Rubbed, map with tape repair and chips to margins, titles with ink library stamps and removed sealing wax, causing perforations to leaves in margins.
FIRST EDITION.
4. COPPINGER, RICHARD W. Cruise of the "Alert." Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters (1878-82). London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1883. Large 8vo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt. Corners bumped, slightly soiled.
5. HAMILTON, JAMES. A Memoir of Richard Williams, Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Terra Del Fuego. London: James Nisbet, 1854. 8vo. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. Corners bumped, spotting.
6. HUDSON, W.H. Idle Days in Patagonia. London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. 8vo. Red cloth gilt. Corners bumped, slightly soiled.
7. MARSH, JOHN W. AND WAITE H. STIRLING. The Story of Commander Allen Gardiner, R.N., With Sketches of Missionary Work in South America. London: James Nisbet, 1868. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 maps (one folding). Publisher's green cloth gilt.
SECOND EDITION.
8. RAINAUD, ARMAND. Le continent austral; hypotheses et decouvertes. 2 imprints: Paris, 1893 and Amsterdam, 1965. The first in modern blue cloth, the second in original wrappers.
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8 volumes, comprising:
8 volumes, comprising:
1. BEERBOHM, JULIUS. Wanderings in Patagonia, or Life Among the Ostrich Hunters. London: Chatto & Windus, 1881. 8vo. Publisher's red pictorial cloth gilt. Covers slightly soiled, slight browning.
2. BOURNE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. The Captive in Patagonia; or, Life among the Giants. A Personal Narrative. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, publisher's catalog at back. Modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, retaining original covers tipped in at back. Scattered stains.
3. BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY MARIE. Voyage to South America, Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress. Baltimore: Published by the Author, 1819. 2 volumes. 8vo. Hand-colored folding map. 19th century calf, gilt titles on spine. Rubbed, map with tape repair and chips to margins, titles with ink library stamps and removed sealing wax, causing perforations to leaves in margins.
FIRST EDITION.
4. COPPINGER, RICHARD W. Cruise of the "Alert." Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters (1878-82). London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1883. Large 8vo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt. Corners bumped, slightly soiled.
5. HAMILTON, JAMES. A Memoir of Richard Williams, Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Terra Del Fuego. London: James Nisbet, 1854. 8vo. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. Corners bumped, spotting.
6. HUDSON, W.H. Idle Days in Patagonia. London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. 8vo. Red cloth gilt. Corners bumped, slightly soiled.
7. MARSH, JOHN W. AND WAITE H. STIRLING. The Story of Commander Allen Gardiner, R.N., With Sketches of Missionary Work in South America. London: James Nisbet, 1868. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 maps (one folding). Publisher's green cloth gilt.
SECOND EDITION.
8. RAINAUD, ARMAND. Le continent austral; hypotheses et decouvertes. 2 imprints: Paris, 1893 and Amsterdam, 1965. The first in modern blue cloth, the second in original wrappers.
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