The Camel. His Organization Habits and Uses, Considered with Reference to His Introduction into the United States
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856.
First Edition. 7.5" x 4.5", pp 2 (ads), 224, in publisher's brown cloth with blind-stamped image of a camel and rider on front board. Corners and spine ends rubbed, small loss of cloth at fore edge of front board, internally clean and sound. Marsh was a scholar and attorney who served four terms as a U.S. Congressman from Vermont before being appointed Minister to Turkey by President Zachary Taylor. He returned home in 1854 after having traveled extensively in the Middle East. This book includes considerable information about uses of camels in the East, but also suggests the practicality of using the animals for military purposes in the American southwest. Sabin 44735.
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