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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. 487 pages indexed, plus two chromolithographs including the foldout frontispiece, 50 engravings of which 41 are hand colored, and folding map at rear just before the index. Later rebind with tan colored cloth somewhat matching the older leather over corners. Older marbled paper over boards. Original leather spine label is affixed, being chipped but with clear gilt stamped lettering. Folding frontispiece illustration and folding map remain very good. There is a moisture stain/tide mark seen at the lower outside corner of most of the contents. This affect most of the plates, some more than others. It does touch the image of a few plates, but is mostly in the blank space. Outside edge of leaves are thumbed, and there is some chipping on the edges of a few leaves. Beyond the tide mark seen in the lower outside corners, the plates are generally very bright and intact. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for International shipping.. First Edition.… Read More

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873 viii, 487 pp with two fold-out chromo-lithographs tipped in. 44 B&W wood engravings, and 50 hand-coloured engravings of 'objects in natural history,' ie. birds, reptiles, fishes, shells and insects, each of these with a glasine tissue guard,. One 12" x 14" hand-colored fold-out map of the South Sea Islands bound in before index. Map has a short (3/4") tear next to binding, otherwise in excellent condition. The book has glue staining to endpapers, foxing to first few pages. Text is otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge cracked but holding. Publisher's green cloth boards with gold-stamped outline of a canoe and gold-stamped titles along spine are rubbed at extremities with partial split to cloth along front hinge. Julius Lucius Brenchley (1816 - 1873) was a world-wide traveller and author from Maidstone, Kent. He visited United States, where he lived among indigenous people, Central and South America, North Africa, the… Read More