TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA; WITH GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND NOVA SCOTIA. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1845. 20x12.5 cm (12mo), two volumes: pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii-ix] x-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1] 2-316; [i-iii] iv-viii [1] 2-272 + [16]-page catalogue dated "April, 1845" inserted at rear, seven inserted plates and maps, several folded, several figures in the text, publisher's decorated green cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind, all edges untrimmed, cream coated endpapers. First edition, first printing. Lyell visited Niagara Falls in 1841. "His account while most satisfactory from a scientific standpoint is also popular in presentation, clear and simple in style, in short, fascinating and well written" (Dow). Dow, pp. 546-561. Howes L 575. Sabin 42761. Spine panels lightly sunned, a few spots to cloth of volume I, tiny nick to upper spine end of volume II, several plates foxed, a very good or better copy. A lovely copy of this book. (#179105).
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