[Rarebooks] FS: Ludvig Helms' travels in the Far East (to Sarawak & Borneo) and also to California (in 1850).

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(TRAVEL) Helms, Ludvig Verner. PIONEERING IN THE FAR EAST, AND JOURNEYS TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849 AND TO THE WHITE SEA IN 1878. With Illustrations from Original Sketches and Photographs. London: W. H. Allen & Co. 1882. vi,(2),408pp. Index. Plus 27 plates (2 are tinted) , and 3 maps (2 in color, 1 folding). Cont. half black morocco over marbled boards, expertly rebacked, gilt spine.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Helms (1825-1918) visited California in 1850 (pp. 76-93), and again in 1872 (pp. 304-328). This scarce work is also a primary eye-witness source for the early history of Sarawak and British North Borneo.  Cowan, p.274.

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