[Rarebooks] FS: Montgomery's 1838 "Narrative of a Journey to Guatemala"

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(LATIN AMERICA) Montgomery, G. W. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO GUATEMALA, in Central America in 1838. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1839. 8vo. 195,(1)pp. Orig. brown cloth, gilt spine. Some old faded stains to the front cover and spine, but quite a nice copy.  Quite uncommon.    $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
Montgomery, who died at the age of 37 in 1841, was a minor American diplomat, and editor/publisher of the first Spanish language translation of the works of Washington Irving. Sabin 50139. Rich II, p. 329.

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