First American edition, 8vo, viii +[2] + 21-414 + [2] pp. Frontis plus 15 plates and 1 folding map. Original brown cloth with gilt titles and gilt embossed rhinoceros to the front board and hippopotamus to the rear board. Slight wear to the head and tail caps. Light scuffing to the boards and foxing to the prelims. Small inked reference number to the top right corner of the fixed front endpaper. An exceptionally good copy inscribed on the free endpaper by S.H. Willey, a founder of California University and a resident of Benicia. Inscribed “For the Boys, April 1863, 4″. On the opposite fixed endpaper is a book label : Young Men’s Christian Association Library – Benicia” First American Edition. Condition: Very good +. Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1861
Publication Place: New York
First Edition: Yes
Condition: Very good +.
Binding: Hardcover.
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