Author: William Tufts Brigham
Title: Guatemala the Land of the Quetzal
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887 . Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this work on Guatemala with illustrations and maps. First UK edition of Guatemala The Land of the Quetzal, A Sketch, by William Tufts Brigham in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. An uncommon edition. William Brigham was an American geologist, ethnologist, and botanist. He was also the first director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu. He wrote many works on US colonies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Densely illustrated with many in-text engravings, twenty six monochrome plates, and five maps, two of which are folding. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine is faded and discoloured. There are some light marks to the boards. The hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Guatemala William Brigham First UK edition Maps William Brigham Not Stated
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Title: Guatemala the Land of the Quetzal
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887 . Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this work on Guatemala with illustrations and maps. First UK edition of Guatemala The Land of the Quetzal, A Sketch, by William Tufts Brigham in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. An uncommon edition. William Brigham was an American geologist, ethnologist, and botanist. He was also the first director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu. He wrote many works on US colonies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Densely illustrated with many in-text engravings, twenty six monochrome plates, and five maps, two of which are folding. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine is faded and discoloured. There are some light marks to the boards. The hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Guatemala William Brigham First UK edition Maps William Brigham Not Stated
Price: GBP 170.00 = appr. US$ 242.76 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 852W37
- Book number: 852W37
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