THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE 1800 - 1865
by Wagner, Henry R
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
San Francisco: John Howell, 1921. [4],193pp. Large octavo. Cloth backed boards, printed paper label. Edgeworn. Ex-library with spine label removed; bookplate on front pastedown and embossed stamp on titlepage. Corners heavily worn. Light wear to text, some contemporary notations. About good. First "available" edition, after the rare suppressed first edition of the previous year. AXE, PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER 8. FLAKE 9500. RITTENHOUSE 610 (note).
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- Seller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE 1800 - 1865
- Author
- Wagner, Henry R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Howell
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1921
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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