Hakluyt Society second series, XCI and XCII, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140mm.), 20 plates, maps (each with folding map in rear pocket), original pictorial blue cloth, partially unopened, [Rosove 33.B2], spotting, lightly rubbed
[with]
Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852, 2 volumes, 8vo (186 x 120mm.), half-titles, 16 plates [including unlisted second title leaf in each volume], illustrations in the text, 2pp. advertisements at end of each volume, original black cloth by Leighton, Son & Hodge, with their ticket, [Peter Antony Lanyon-Orgill, bookplates; J. Cumpston, signatures], [Rosove 353.F1], browning, light wear, hinges starting

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