THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS BY HENRY WALTER BATES 1884 LEATHER BOUND
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[BATES, HENRY WALTER]. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of Adventures Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel. London: John Murray, 1884.
Fifth edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (175 x 110 x 25 mm). Pp. x, 394. Handsome binding of half morocco, spine gilt. Marbled paper-covered boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. 40 illustrations, including a frontispiece. Index to rear in double columns. Provenance: from the library of M. Riebenack, his bookplate to front pastedown and initials in gilt to spine Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, some rubbing to extremities. The interior fresh and clean, two leaves with some repairs.