William H. Seward's Travels Around the World by Seward, Olive Risley (editor) - 1873

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, full leather binding with marbled textblock. Exterior is in poor shape with both boards detached in leather to spine is missing. Internal binding of the text pages is good and pages are tight. Foldout map at page 778 is still present and attached. Marbled end pages and pastedowns and front and rear are also present though the front marbled end page has some darkening and chipping along the edges. Front pastedown contains the 19th century bookplate of Annie C. Nutting, second front end page has a signature in pencil of J. S. Nutting. No other handwriting found. Pages are toned due to age and there is some foxing present though this is mainly limited to the first few pages and front and rear. Also found between the pages is a 19th century business card showing the name Geo. S. Ford. This has been placed in a glassing envelope and… Read More

D. Appleton and Company, 1873-01-01. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Quarto. Contemporary calf, black leather spine label. Lacking front board. Boards worn and rubbed. Foxing. A working copy.

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1873. 1873, 730pp + ads, illus., blue cloth w/ gilt decoration, soiling & wear to cover, bottom corner worn through to board, soiling a bit heavier to spine, front cover beginning to separate from spine, light smudging to eps & throughout, slight foxing to frontis, no dj, contents unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1873. Tan Leather HC Binding w.gilt spine lettering, marbled pg edges, 700+pgs over 200 illus, fold-out maps, Both Boards detached, All Pgs intact/Clean-No Marks. Exc Reading Copy Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Full Leather. Fair.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1873. 788 pages, plus advertising. Pages are in good, clean condition; edges yellowed. Profusely illustrated. Folding map near the back. Endpapers a little stained; also pencil notations and previous owner's signature. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and design on the spine and upper cover. Spine is faded and damaged at the head/tail. Gilt on the upper cover is lovely and bright. Corners are bumped and a little frayed. Light scuffing on the covers. Binding is loose near the middle, but pages are all intact. GOOD-. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good-.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Gilt lettering in red spine title block on red cloth covered boards. 8o, 730 pages plus ads. Attractive bookplate of T. Ferdinand Wilson on the inside of the front cover. Name written on the 2nd free end paper. A journal of Seward's travels in the United States, Canada, across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, China, the Eastern Archipelago, the Straits of Malacca, Ceylon, British India, Egypt, Palestine, Athens, Constantinople, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, and England. Seward is best known for the purchase of Alaska from Russia.