Astoria; Or, Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 3 Volumes
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley. Very Good. 1836. First Edition :. Hardcover. Three volumes in 12mo size, half-title on volume one only, 12 (4) xvi, 317; ix, (1) 320; vii (1) , 294; black leather spines over original boards, tight and pages unfoxed, light wear to covers, VG the lot. "A handsome set of three, considered to be the classic account of first American attempt to settle the Pacific Coast, and the earliest extended relation of Wilson P Hunt's overland expedition from St Louis", Howes and others. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26355
- Title
- Astoria; Or, Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 3 Volumes
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- Oregon Territory; Fur Trade; Pacific Fur Trade
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Mossback Books
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About the Seller
Mossback Books
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Hartland, Michigan
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.