Lot 240
  • 240

Bates, Henry Walter

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • The Naturalist on the River Amazons [sic]... second edition, 1864
  • Paper
8vo, plates and illustrations, folding map at end, original green cloth gilt, very slightly worn
[with:] Armstrong, H.E. and others. The Atoll of Funafuti... being the Report of the Coral Reef Committee of the Royal Society. 1904, 4to, 2 vol. (text and portfolio), FIRST EDITION, plates, maps, illustrations (including 19 coloured and loose in portfolio), original cloth, tear in map without loss, spines faded (3)

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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