From East Prussia to the Golden Gate (Signed)
by Lecouvreur, Frank
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
NY and Los Angeles: Angelina Book Concern, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and 22 illustrations. Original cloth gilt title and vignette. Translated by Julius Behnke, Professor of Modern Languages, Occidental College, Los Angeles. With his printed photograph tipped-in, and his presentation inscription: 'Yours for progress / without end / Julius C. Behnke.' Robert Ernest Cowan's copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. During 1852 and 1853, the author was at the mines. Covers Vigilance Committee, Indians and Game, Chinese Massacre, Mining on the Yuba. Double page map of the Feather and Yuba Rivers. Inner hinge repaired, else a near fine copy. Cowan, pp. 387-88; Rocq, 10175; Howes L-177; Wheat 123.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14977
- Title
- From East Prussia to the Golden Gate (Signed)
- Author
- Lecouvreur, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Angelina Book Concern
- Place of Publication
- NY and Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1906
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...