First over the Siskiyous; Peter Skene Ogden's 1826-1827 Journey Through the Oregon-California Borderlands
by Lalande, Jeff;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0875951708
- ISBN 13
- 9780875951706
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1987. Hardcover. pp. xxxvii, 149. 8vo. Black cloth over maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white maps and photographs, including frontispiece. Light shelfwear, ex libris book plate to front pastedown, pencil owner's name to front endpapers; very good in good, rubbed dustjacket with abrasion to spine.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 080395
- Title
- First over the Siskiyous; Peter Skene Ogden's 1826-1827 Journey Through the Oregon-California Borderlands
- Author
- Lalande, Jeff;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0875951708
- ISBN 13
- 9780875951706
- Publisher
- Oregon Historical Society Press
- Place of Publication
- Portland
- Date Published
- 1987
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...