[Rarebooks] FS: 1849 U.S. EXPEDITION TO THE RIVER JORDAN AND THE DEAD SEA, Inscribed by Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kolleck
Charles Agvent
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Fromour new catalog--SUMMER MISCELLANY 2014--with 127 select items, all
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LYNCH, W. F. NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES' EXPEDITION TO THE RIVER
JORDAN AND THE DEAD SEA with a Fine Inscription by Jerusalem Mayor Teddy
Kolleck. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. First Edition. Large
octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original gilt-decorated cloth; xx, [13] - 508
pages (+40 pages of catalogue/ads at rear). Illustrated with 2 folding
maps and 28 full-page wood engravings. This copy of Lynch's account of
the first succesful navigation of the Dead Sea is especially interesting
for its November 1963 SIGNED INSCRIPTION on the front endpaper by
six-term Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kolleck to John D. "Jack" Jernegan, the
United States Ambassador to Iraq (1958-1962) and Algeria (1965-1967): "I
hope the times when there is 'nothing left for the U.S. Navy to do' but
to sponsor scientific expeditions described in this book will return in
our life time. Please accept this volume as a memento of your visit."
Rebacked retaining most of the original spine. A very clean, tight, Near
Fine copy. (#017408) $350.00
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