11-12-201711-12-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3040BBoston
November 12, 2017 11:00 AMCalender
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Carver, Jonathan (1710-1780) Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America.

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$1,968$1,600
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3040BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 12, 2017 11:00AM

Description:

Carver, Jonathan (1710-1780) Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America. London: for the Author, sold by J. Walter & S. Crowder, 1778. First edition, octavo, illustrated with two folding maps and four plates; full contemporary calf, rebacked, boards detached, ex libris John Peachey, with his engraved bookplate inside the front board, along with one of his Westdean Library labels and the bookplate of Verplanck Colvin (1847-1920),champion of the Adirondacks, contents good, 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

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Keywords

j. walter, John Peachey, London