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[DAVID BOGUE EDITORS]. Curiosities of Modern Travel: A Year-Book of Adventure.
London: David Bogue, 1844, First Edition. Hardcover, 12mo. vii, 312pp; Illustrated; brown cloth decorated in blind on boards and with copious gilt decoration on spine, all edges gilt. Adventures include Curing the Biscos (Mexico); Ascent of Mt. Vesuvius, Tombs of the Chinese, Norwegian Sword Dance, A Night on the Highest of the Pyrenees; Jew in Poland; Pomare, Queen of Tahiti; A Bathe in the Dead Sea; etc. Disbound: binding holds together as one section, text block as another, with one signature loose near the center. Spine ends and corners worn; gilt fairly bright; unmarked.
Offered for US$ 23.00 by: Columbia Basin Books - Book number: 993627