Lot 1300 , Forbes, Lieut. F.E. - Five Years in China; from 1842 to 1847; with an Account of the Occupation of the Islands of Laban and Borneo ... colour - printed frontis. and num. text engravings (incl. a chart); contemp. gilt rul

° Forbes, Lieut. F.E. - Five Years in China; from 1842 to 1847; with an Account of the Occupation of the Islands of Laban and Borneo ... colour - printed frontis. and num. text engravings (incl. a chart); contemp. gilt ruled calf, gilt decorated panelled spine with green label, marbled edges and e/ps. (by Hayday). Richard Bentley, 1848. Condition - very good, just light spotting on frontis. (by Hullmandel). x, 406pp. 1860 inscription at front. - 'Robert Pell/From his sincere friend Heathcote Wyndham ...'
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