Coffee: Its History, Cultivation, and Uses

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872.
First Edition. Signed by Author

22.5cm x 15cm. 102 pages, [2] advertisements, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text, 1 large folding colour map. Original orange cloth, gilt lettering, gilt and black decoration.

19th century history of coffee. Brief mention of Australia’s potential as a coffee growing region, as well a global listing of tariffs on coffee, including Australian colonies. This copy signed by the author, and with the world map, A Chart of the Globe Showing the Several Places Where Coffee is or May be Produced and Where it is also used together with The Telegraph Lines in operation or contemplated for completing the Circuit of the Globe, considered the first American map on coffee.

Minor chipping to spine head and tail, minor rubbing and very minor bumping to fore-edge corners. Foxing to verso of frontispiece. Map with short closed tears at far left centre fold. Very Good Condition.

AU$1,250.00

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