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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• Sale Date:
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326
• Lot #:
  1133
• Lot Description:
  Book Joseph Dalton Hooker
  HOOKER, Joseph Dalton. Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. London, John Murray, 1854. Two volumes. First edition.2 chromolitho plates, 10 tinted litho plates (1 folding), 1 colour woodcut plate, 2 folding maps, 80 wood-engraved illustrations in text, xxvii,(1),408, xii,487,(1)pp., errata slip in each volume, 32pp. publisher's list dated January 1854 at end of vol.1., endpapers with publisher's adverts. 8vo., publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt vignette on front boards. Spines light-faded, with some light chipping at ends, now neatly patched. There is a little foxing to the preliminary pages of both volumes, and very occasionally elsewhere, but generally a very good set.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 450
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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