Description: I have here for sale a book entitled ADVENTURES ON THE MOSQUITO SHORE by Samuel A Bard. It is a first edition, Third Thousand, published by James Blackwood, London no date stated. It is a fictional account of travel through Jamaica. It tells the story of Squire, an experienced traveller in Central America and author of a number of books on the area and describes his travels on this Caribbean shore of what is now Honduras, the customs of the local Indian and black people, traders, landscape, wildlife. There are appendices on historical sketch of the Mosquito Shore, notes on topography, soil, climate and natives and the vocabulary of the Mosquito language. It is illustrated throughout with b/w engravings in text as well as a full page frontispiece. Bound in half dark brown calf leather on brown marbled hardboards. 4 gilt raised bands, a lighter brown leather title block with gilt lettering to the spine. Corners slightly bumped but otherwise boards in very good condition. Light brown endpapers, with bookplate and previous owners signature in pink to the front one. The same person has written in pink again on the first page of text 'Read March 1929'. All other pages clean and firm. 310 pages + 2 page publisher's catalogue. 17 x 11 cm. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a wide range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if and anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 39.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2025-01-18T17:30:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 31.31 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Fine Binding
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Samuel Bard Squier
Region: North America
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: JAMES BLACKWOOD
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1855
