CLARENCE KING, A BIOGRAPHY; REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION
by Wilkins, Thurman, with the help of Caroline Lawson Hinkley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0826310966
- ISBN 13
- 9780826310965
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. First edition thus, first printing . Hardcover. In the view of his good friend Henry Adams, Clarence King was the representative American for the era that saw the final westward expansion of the United States. As leader of the Fortieth Parallel Survey, King measured, mapped, and surveyed an enormous region of the West. He was instrumental in convincing Congress to establish the U.S. Geological Survey and served as its first director. 524 pages with a few photographs, bibliography, notes, and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy freshly releived of its shrink wrap.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43184
- Title
- CLARENCE KING, A BIOGRAPHY; REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION
- Author
- Wilkins, Thurman, with the help of Caroline Lawson Hinkley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0826310966
- ISBN 13
- 9780826310965
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- First edition, Western Americana, stagecoach, mail, postal, post.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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Talent, Oregon
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