Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific
by Franchere, Gabriel
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New York, Redfield, 1854. Second Edition. 12mo 7 - 7 ½ tall. 376pp. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth boards; includes 3 plates as called for. Boards have heavy chipping to spine; front gutter is loose; text block has light foxing and soiling; plates have moderate foxing. This is the first English translation of this volume and includes an added chapter and appendix. It is, according to Howes, the most important source on the Astor adventure. This refers to the merchant John Jacob Astor who founded the American Fur Company in 1808, and who Astoria, Oregon is named for. Howes F-310. .
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- Franchere, Gabriel
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- Hardcover
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...