Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Books - Harry N. Abrams. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1988. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 256 pages: 9.25 x 11 in.: 3.2: KB#007372: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Stated First Edition, Printing Number Line (5 4 3 2 1). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Content Chapters include: Jefferson's Vision * From Sea To Shining Sea * The Great Reconnaissance * "Arsenic And Directions" * Megatheria At Large * The Last Frontier * End Of An Era * Toward A New Sensibility. "Who remembers the guides, soldiers, geologists, surveyors, naturalists, and engineers who went west not as conquerors but as cartographers, surveyors, catalogers of resources? Or the artists and photographers who captured the unspoiled West for their own time and forever?" .

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Bookseller: KEENER BOOKS (Member IOBA) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007372
Title: Exploring The West
Author: Viola, Herman J
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0810908891
ISBN 13: 9780810908895
Publisher: Smithsonian Books - Harry N. Abrams
Place of Publication: Washington, D. C.
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: History, America, Western, Nature

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Keener Books (Member IOBA) (Keener Books & Collectibles, LLC) is an exclusively online bookdealer, located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the southwest side of Lake Michigan.We specialize in books relating to food, fine dining and entertainment, although we also carry books in many other subjects, mostly non-fiction.All of the photos shown are actual pictures of our books. We do not use stock images. What you see is what you receive.

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Brodart: Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
Number Line: A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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