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orig.wrappers. Zustand: Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, iv,452 pp., PAPERBACK. A facsimile digital reprint of the New York 1853 edition. Volume 2 only. Full title reads: "Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua : With a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, Their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. Illustrated by Numerous Maps and Coloured Illustrations. By E. G. Squier .Vol. 2".…

orig.wrappers. Zustand: Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xxi,434 pp., PAPERBACK. A facsimile digital reprint of the New York 1853 edition. Volume 1 only. Full title reads: "Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua : With a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, Their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. Illustrated by Numerous Maps and Coloured Illustrations. By E. G. Squier .Vol. I".…

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Carlos Gutierrez verso title page. "Under the auspices of Don Carlos Gutierrez" stamped in gilt on front cover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some staining to cloth, sun-toning to spine. Some pages unread and unopened. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages; "Issued by permission of the author, and under the authority of His Excellency Carlos Gutierrez, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of Honduras in Great Britain." --title page. Physical description: viii, 278 p., frontis. (fold. map) ; 20 cm. Subjects: Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company -- Honduras -- Description and travel -- 19th century. Honduras -- History -- Description and Travel -- 19th Century. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 15 x 23 cm. Original calf covers mounted on organe cloth and later goatskin spine. .[7], vi-xvi, [1], 18-397 p., [14] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm. Ver large foliding map of Honduras and San Salvador as frontispiece. Tinted lithograph views and another map showin g the proposede routes of Interoceanic Communicaiton. The latter map torn and in 2 pieces, without loss.Sabin 89981; Library of Congress Control Number01020003.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. pp. viii, 278. with half-title. folding partially coloured frontis. map of Central America. A very nice copy in original cloth (occasional light foxing). First Separate Edition. The work originally formed part of The States Of Central America., published at New York in 1858. It is here reprinted with the permission of the author, who has also revised three chapters to "give a clear and accurate view of the condition of Honduras at the present time." (p. vi). "Recent events, but more especially the commencement and rapid progress of a great Inter-Oceanic highway through its territories, have invested the Republic of Honduras in Central America with new interest and importance. This important international work, which is under contract to be delivered in 1872, must materially affect the course of travel and trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and have a powerful influence in developing the vast natural resources of Central America in general, and of Honduras in particular." (p. [v]) The author was formerly the representative of the United States in the Central American Republics (1849-50), and more recently its Commissioner in Peru (1863-65). See Smith S135 (The States Of Central America).…