A Pathfinder in the Southwest: The Itinerary of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple During His Explorations for a Railway Route From Fort Smith to Los Angeles in the Years 1853-1854
by Foreman, Grant (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Boise, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
Rust colored cloth boards, silver device on front board. Features a large folding map in fine condition between page 272 and 273 and other illustrations. Very good+ in VG- dust jacket. Some toning to edges of endpapers, head and heel of spine no longer crisp, small groove to rear board at heel of spine but no damage to cloth. Jacket faded along spine, wear along front flap fold, chipping to jacket at head and heel of spine, tips of flap folds.
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- Bookseller
- Last Word Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1122
- Title
- A Pathfinder in the Southwest
- Author
- Foreman, Grant (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 298
- Size
- 9.25 X 6.25"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Exploration, A. W. Whipple
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana-Exploration;
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Last Word Books LLC
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Boise, Idaho
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