Lot 367
  • 367

Dance, Charles Daniel

Estimate
200 - 250 GBP
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Description

  • Dance, Charles Daniel
  • Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (190 x 121mm.), xii, 304pp., 48pp. adverts dated February 1876, half-title, folding lithographed map, 3 wood-engraved plates, original green cloth decorated in gold and black, brown endpapers

Dance's entertaining and witty account of his journey to Venezuela, a country which "claims and merits a better acquaintance" (preface), is rarely seen at auction. Americana Exchange records only one copy offered.

Condition

A very good copy
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