Waikna; or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore

by Samuel A. Bard, pseud. of Ephraim George Squier

$100 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 8vo, 366 pp., illustrated throughout. Original green cloth, ex-library copy with bookplate and edges stamped ship's library . A bit worn and soiled, tear to last leaf without loss, a solid reading copy. § First edition. Description of travel to Mosquitia Nicaragua and Honduras . Appendix at end of text has chapters on history of area as well as information about mosquitos. Item #123764

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