[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Wood's sketches of people and things of the eastern Pacific. Philadelphia: 1849

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Wood, William Maxwell. WANDERING SKETCHES OF PEOPLE AND THINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA, POLYNESIA, CALIFORNIA, and Other Places Visited, During a Cruise on Board of the U. S. Ships Levant, Portsmouth and Savannah. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. 1849. First edition. 12mo. x,(13)-386pp. Publisher's decorative blind stamped green cloth, gilt, some old spotting & spine a bit faded. Old ownership signature on preliminary blanks. Nice copy of a scarce book.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Includes chapters on Hawaii, California, and the Mexican Revolution. William Wood (1809-1880) was Fleet Surgeon for the Pacific Squadron of the U. S. Navy. Howes W647. Sabin 105083.

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