1913 2vol Across Unknown South America Savage Landor Dust Wrapper 1st U.S.

Description: Click here to see our other books! Across Unknown South America A. Henry Savage-Landor 1913 Little, Brown and Company : Boston 9.5" by 6.5" xxiii, [1], 377; xvi, 439pp SUMMARY The superb first U.S. edition of Savage-Landor's work exploring his travels in South America, complete with colour plates and folding maps. First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 3 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 36.99 EU Postage: £ 25.99 European Postage: £ 27.99 Asia Postage: £ 47.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 69.99 DESCRIPTION The first U.S. edition.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrappers.Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, two colour plates, and sixty-eight monochrome plates.Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, three colour plates, and one-hundred and four monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Arnold Henry Savage-Landor was an explorer and anthropologist, often travelling throughout his life, starting by moving to Paris when he was fifteen to study. During his life he travelled to America, Japan, Korea, China, and Abyssinia. He was invitied by Queen Victoria to share his tales and drawings from his trips, and subsequently started to publish travel books accompanied with his illustrations. These include 'In the Forbidden Land', 'Tibet and Nepal', and 'The Gems of the East'.'Across the Unknown South America' is about the expedition he made in 1911 to 1912. It's an optimistic look at the continent that he considers to be 'the coming continent of the future'. CONDITION In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spines, a little heavier to the spines. Light tide mark to the rear boards. Front hinges are starting but firm, rear hinge of Volume II is a little strained. Stamp of Ward Detwiler to the front paste downs. Dust wrappers are edge worn with chips, heavier to the Volume I dust wrapper, where the front wrap has detached from the back strip, and rear fly leaf had detached from the rear wrap. Chips and loss heavier to Volume I, particularly to the tail of the spine, with smaller chips to the head and tail of the spine of Volume II. Tide mark to the rear wraps, including to the reverse of the wraps, fainter tide mark to the front wrap of Volume II. Backstrips are age-toned. Light rubbing to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Tide mark to the tail of the frontispiece of Volume I, and a fainter tide mark to the following few pages. The tide mark to the bottom edge affects some pages later on in the text block, including a few plates, but only marginally. Fainter tide mark to the bottom edge of Volume II. Overall Condition: Very Good Good Only GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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