Brand, Lieutenant Charles
Journal of a Voyage to Peru: A Passage Across the Cordillera of the Andes...
£275
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy with pencil inscription on front free endpaper "To John Horne Esq. with the authors kind regards", 4 black and white aquatint plates, bookplate 'Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure & Exploration', contemporary half calf over marbled boards, some dust-soiling and occasional spotting, small areas of dampstaining, areas of loss and rubbing to spine and corners, rubbing along edges, wear to marbled paper
Provenance
Footnote
Provenance: The Adventure and Exploration Library of Steve Fossett. The collection included works related to Fossett's pursuits as an adventurer. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers' Club, Fossett disappeared in September 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California.