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Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel: Central America, The West Indies and South America

by Bates, Henry Walter (Ed.)

Series : Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel
Publisher : Edward Stanford
Published In : London
Illustrations : 10 col maps (some folding), 16 b/w plates, text illus,

Description:

First English edition. Based on Hellwald's 'Die Erde und ihre Völker'. Edited and extended by H.W. Bates. With Ethnological Appendix by A.H. Keane.

Condition

8vo, orig. dec. cloth, gt, rubbed with some minor wear to extremities. Several maps with short tear to inner margin. Foxing to half-title and to the final few pages of publisher's catalogue at rear, very occasionally elsewhere. Inscribed 'With the publisher's compliments' to title. Vg. From the library of English novelist and philanthropist, Walter Besant (1836-1901) with his book-plate.