GARDENS OF DELIGHT: Maps and Travel Accounts of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the Collection of Hermon Dunlap Smtih. An Exhibition at the Newberry Library / 29 October 1984 -- 31 January 1985. Catalog prepared by Robert W. Karrow, Jr. and David Buisseret with a Foreword by Lawrence W. Towner. (Catalog)
by (Smith, Hermon Dunlap). Karrow, Robert W., Jr.; Buisseret, David
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1984.. 1984.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. There are some small, minor stains to the rear wrap & its top corner is lightly bumped. The head of the spine is slightly chipped. 39 & [1] pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in black, white & gray. Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14123
- Title
- GARDENS OF DELIGHT: Maps and Travel Accounts of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the Collection of Hermon Dunlap Smtih. An Exhibition at the Newberry Library / 29 October 1984 -- 31 January 1985. Catalog prepared by Robert W. Karrow, Jr. and David Buisseret with a Foreword by Lawrence W. Towner. (Catalog)
- Author
- (Smith, Hermon Dunlap). Karrow, Robert W., Jr.; Buisseret, David
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1984.
- Date Published
- 1984.
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; TRAVEL; ILLINOIS; GREAT LAKES; MAPS; TRAVEL ACCOUNTS; GARDENS OF DELIGHT; COLLECTION; COLLECTOR; HERMON DUNLAP SMITH; ROBERT W. KARROW, JR.; DAVID BUISSERET; LAWRENCE W. TOWNER; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; FACSIMILES; CHICAGO PORTAGE; ILLINOIS AND MIC
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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