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Daylight Land : The Experiences, Incidents, and Adventures, Humorous and Other-wise, which Befell Judge John Doe, Tourist, of San Francisco; Mr Cephas Pepperell, Capitalist, of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the Man from New Hampshire, and Divers Others, in Their Parlor-Car Excursion over Prairies and Mountain All of Which I Saw, and One of Whom I Was
by Murray, W[illiam]H.H
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Original publisher's pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt, with pictorial wrappers bound in. Small split at inner joint, else v
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About This Item
Boston: Cupples & Hurd, 1888. First edition. 150 Illustrations in various tints. 338, [4, ads]. 1 vols. 8vo. Original publisher's pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt, with pictorial wrappers bound in. Small split at inner joint, else very fine. First edition. 150 Illustrations in various tints. 338, [4, ads]. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed by Murray on the front flyleaf on Dec 7, 1888. Unusual with wrappers also bound in. Wright III, 3906
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Title
- Daylight Land : The Experiences, Incidents, and Adventures, Humorous and Other-wise, which Befell Judge John Doe, Tourist, of San Francisco; Mr Cephas Pepperell, Capitalist, of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the Man from New Hampshire, and Divers Others, in Their Parlor-Car Excursion over Prairies and Mountain All of Which I Saw, and One of Whom I Was
- Author
- Murray, W[illiam]H.H
- Format/Binding
- 150 Illustrations in various tints. 338, [4, ads]. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original publisher's pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt, with pictorial wrappers bound in. Small split at inner joint, else v
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cupples & Hurd
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Adirondacks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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