A Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests.

£350 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

With the armorial bookplate of Thomas Parkin. Tipped in are three letters from Belts’s son, Anthony, to Parkin: the first dated April 30 1911; the second 21 November 1911, which remarks in part upon the small issue of this edition (fetching 50 then!); the third letter dated 10th August 1925 relating to the death of his mother.

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