Helms, Ludvig Verner. PIONEERING IN THE FAR EAST, AND JOURNEYS TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849 AND TO THE WHITE SEA IN 1878. With Illustrations from Original Sketches and Photographs.
London: W. H. Allen and Co., 1882. vi,(2),408pp. Index. Plus 27 plates (2 are tinted) , and 3 maps (2 in color, 1 folding). Cont. half black morocco over marbled boards, expertly rebacked, gilt spine. Helms (1825–1918) visited California in 1850 (pp. 76–93), and again in 1872 (pp. 304–328). This scarce work is also a primary eye-witness source for the early history of Sarawak and British North Borneo.
$750
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