Lot 95
Panama Canal. A collection of c. 100 volumes, including: Selfridge, Thomas Oliver. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by way of the Isthmus of Darien, first edition, 14 lithographed plates, 16 [of 17] folding maps, some repaired, lacking 'The Isthmus of Darien', title repaired, original cloth gilt, spine repaired, new endpapers, 4to, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874; Abbot, Willis J. Panama and the Canal, plates, illustrations, later half morocco, 4to, London: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1913; Pepperman, W. Leon. Who Built the Panama Canal?, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: J. M. Dent, 1915; and approx. 95 others, including guide books and souvenirs, c. 1890-1940, histories and navigational aids, v.s. (c. 100)
