- Lot 286

[NORTH AMERICA] Nathaniel Parker WILLIS / L. BOILLOT / MILTON & CHEADLE / N.P. WILLIS - Lot of 3 books on Canada or the United States. Various sizes, period bindings (various conditions). - Nathaniel Parker WILLIS - Picturesque Canada, with engravings after the drawings of W. H. BARTLETT. Translated from the English by L. de Bauclas. London, Georges Virtue, 1843. 2 volumes bound in 1 in-4, 280 x 220 mm, [4], 124 pp. & [55 (of 56 ?)] ff.; [4], 118 pp. & [64] ff. contemporary red half-chagrin boards (worn binding, spine rubbed, boards stained, corners dull). The illustration includes 1 portrait, 2 engraved titles with captions in English, 1 map and respectively 52 and 63 plates. The original edition appeared in English in 1842. - Léon BOILLOT - Aux mines d'or du Klondike: Du lac Bennett à Dawson City. Paris, Hachette, 1899. In-8, [4], 255, [1] pp. 1 large folding map (yellowed), 36 full page illustrations, numerous figures in the text. Red polished half-chagrin with corners, spine with 5 edges, gilt head (binding rubbed). - Viscount MILTON and Dr. W. B. CHEADLE - Travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific through Canada, the Rocky Mountains and English Columbia. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1866. In-8, [8], 387, [1] pp. Frontispiece, 21 plates and 2 maps out of text. Publisher's red half-chagrin boards, gilt edges. TOGETHER 3 VOLUMES, VARIOUS CONDITIONS.