Lot 26

Wolff, Joseph
Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
to ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly. London: for the author by John W. Parker, 1845. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (22 x 13.5cm), xix [1] 352, xvi 335 pp., recent dark blue straight-grain half morocco by the Abrams Bindery, 9 lithographic plates including frontispieces, half-title to each volume, 16 pp. advertisements dated 1845 to rear of volume 2, volume 1 prelims spotted, pp. 18-19 with small adhesion-related abrasion to one letter on each page, old stain to p. 106, spotting to p. 269, volume 2 half-title spotted, title-page slightly marked, spotting to p. 202, a few other marks;
Together with Robert Glasgow Dunlop, Travels in Central America, London, 1847 (first edition, large 12mo, original cloth, folding map, inner hinges strengthened, neat repair to map stub)
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