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Adventure on Red River; Report on the exploration of the Red River by Captain Randolph B. Marcy and Captain G.B. McClellan [FIRST EDITION]
by MARCY, Randolph B.; FOREMAN, Grant (editor)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/good. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 full-page illustrations plus folding map. 199 pp.
Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges, card pocket inside front cover, and bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket has a 1" chip at top of front cover and some scuffs and small chips around edges. Book is excellent, and folding map is in perfect condition.
This is a scarce first edition of historian Grant's publications of the journals of Capt. Marcy, detailing his explorations in Oklahoma and New Mexico in the mid 19th century. An uncommon edition with a very attractive folding map.
Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges, card pocket inside front cover, and bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket has a 1" chip at top of front cover and some scuffs and small chips around edges. Book is excellent, and folding map is in perfect condition.
This is a scarce first edition of historian Grant's publications of the journals of Capt. Marcy, detailing his explorations in Oklahoma and New Mexico in the mid 19th century. An uncommon edition with a very attractive folding map.
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- Seller
- Uncharted Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1757
- Title
- Adventure on Red River; Report on the exploration of the Red River by Captain Randolph B. Marcy and Captain G.B. McClellan [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- MARCY, Randolph B.; FOREMAN, Grant (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1937
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