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The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific 1822-1829
by Dale, Harrison Clifford; William Henry Ashley; Jedediah Strong Smith
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First revised edition. Full green cloth with gilt lettering & rules to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 9-1/2" tall, 360 pp., folding map frontis, plate illustrations including one other map. Stain and paper pull to front endpapers, possibly removal of bookplate, else near fine. A handsome copy of an important work which I personally found to be more readable than comparable works.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001913
- Title
- The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific 1822-1829
- Author
- Dale, Harrison Clifford; William Henry Ashley; Jedediah Strong Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Arthur H. Clark Company
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- western americana oregon pnw
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oregon/Pacific Northwest;
Terms of Sale
Crooked House Books & Paper
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
Biblio member since 2005
Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.
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- Plate
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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