China, Australia and the Pacific Islands in the Years 1853-56.

Hardcover. Original decorated red cloth with gilt cover vignette , gilt spine lettering and gilt spine vignette; all edges gilt. 340 pp. Illustrated with two engravinged plates, one tinted, and engravings in text. Ink name on front free endpaper (1860); text block detached, needs rebinding; title-page repaired and partially stuck to first page of text; frontispiece engraving stainedf; some pencil scoring and annotation, but the interior is still unbelievably bright, as is exterior, with only faded gilt on spine and touch of sunning to rear board.