[Rarebooks] FS: Near fine set of Cleveland's "Narative of Voyages & Commercial Enterprises" 1842

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(TRAVEL) Cleveland, Richard J.   A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGES AND COMMERCIAL 
ENTERPRISES, In Two Volumes. Cambridge, MA: Published by John Owen. 1842. First 
edition. 12mo. 2 vols. xvi,250;viii,240pp. Orig. blind stamped black cloth, 
spines stamped in gilt. Housed in a custom made, compartmented, black cloth 
slipcase with black calf spine label. Occasional foxing, but still a near 
fine set.     $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
This work was an important source for Bancroft. It includes accounts of 
voyages to the Northwest Coast of America (1799-1802), and the coast of 
California (1803-1804), as well as voyages to Europe, Hawaii, China, etc. Howes 
C490.

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