Search Results: a narrative of a journey round by gerstaecker f

1854 624 Pages. 13 x 20cms. Rebound modern half-marble boards and cloth with title label. Firm. Ex-Library. Foxing throughout and some staining. Second Edition. Includes a winter passage across the Andes to Chile; with a visit to the gold regions of California and Australia; the South Sea Islands and Java.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Full Leather. Good +. Hardcover. c.1854. Full leather. Leather spine label, gilt titles. 8vo. 624pp. Good+. Heavy rubbing to boards, rubbing to corners, front edge bumped, spine leather dry and cracked, foxing.

NY, n.d. xii, 624 pp. Gerstaecker traveled to Hawaii where he joined the Bremen whaler “Alexander Barklay.” (This vessel was originally a New Bedford whaler. She had been sold in Bremen in 1845.) Gerstaecker also visited the gold regions of California and Australia. A scarce and wide-ranging narrative. Forster 465. Judd 73. Cowan, p. 234. This is a later edition of a book first published in 1853. Covers worn, title page detached but present, first few pages waterstained on outer edges. Priced accordingly at

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First American Edition. Hardcover. 624p. A teal cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Some holes wearing through along the spine. The cloth is soiled and has some red ink stains on the back. Light dampstaining on the last several leaves, and all pages foxed. Text otherwise unmarked and binding secure for reading purposes. German traveler Friedrich Gerstaecker (1816-1872) made a trip around the world around the time of the Gold Rush. This narrative of his includes information on California and the South Pacific.

New York: Harper, 1853. hardcover. good. of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c. 624pp. Small 8vo, original brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled, spine sunned, corners lightly bumped and very lightly worn, many pages with light foxing, some pages with light dampstaining, mostly to margins. New York: Harper, 1853. First American Edition.<br/><br/> Author travelled round the world from 1849 to 1852. Internally, a tight bright copy.<br/><br/>