STEVENSON (F.J). TIMINS (D), ed.: A Traveller of the Sixties. Being Extracts from the Diaries kept by the late Frederick James Stevenson of his Journeyings and Explorations in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Patagonia, Chile and Bolivia during the Years 1867-1879 , Constable, 19298vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece toned in sepia (original tissue guard present); original blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, backstrip mildly faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and inscriptions on front endpapers [only]. One of relatively few detailed personal accounts of the region during this period. Very scarce. (Book ref. 19787) £36.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Island Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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