Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 440

Price Realized: $ 345
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
WILKES, CHARLES. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. 12 (of 13) maps, 64 plates. 5 volumes. Large 8vo, publisher's 1/2 morocco, worn; foxing and dampstaining, lacks the map of Hawaii in volume 4. New York, 1856

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First published in 1844, the present set is a later edition of the first U.S. scientific expedition by ship in which the Northwest coast was surveyed. Also includes descriptions of Hawaii, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, the Phillipines, and more. Howes W414.