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Incidents of Travel to California Across the Great Plains; Together with the Return Trips Through Central America and Jamaica, to Which are Added Sketches of the Author's Life
by Udell, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Jefferson, Ohio: Printed for the Author at the Sentinel Office, 1856. First edition, 1856, signed by the author below the frontis portrait. Flawed copy, with pages 73-88 repeated rather than pages 89-104, all in the diary section. Brown blind-stamped cloth with spine lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, viii, [1], 10-88, 73-88, 105-302, errata page. Front cover spotted, chips to front joint and spine foot, good hinges, sound text block, variable foxing throughout from light to moderate, no other names or markings. A previous owner made their own attached bookmark by making a tiny hole at the top of the spine head through which they tied thin pink cord (faded where exposed) with both long ends used as bookmarks.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040804
- Title
- Incidents of Travel to California Across the Great Plains; Together with the Return Trips Through Central America and Jamaica, to Which are Added Sketches of the Author's Life
- Author
- Udell, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author at the Sentinel Office
- Place of Publication
- Jefferson, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- OVERLAND DIARY ACCOUNT NARRATIVE AMERICAN WEST
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Fair
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- Errata
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
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