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PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE; OR, THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL and THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE: EMBRACING THE HISTORY STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE TERRITORIAL REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES AND CHIEF CITIES OF THE WEAST: THEIR CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, POPULATION, ECT. ETC. COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES
by Parkman, Francis, Jr
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Columbus, Ohio: J. Miller, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 8.9 in. x 6 in., pp. 1-448, 449-640 (continuous pagination). Illustrated with engraved frontis to half title, engraving to half title, and eleven additional engravings. Burgundy-brown boards with gilt title and four double-bandlines to spine. Marbled edges. Shelfwear to edges. Several speckles of soiling to spine. Decorative green endpapers. Double-frame to text on pp.1-448. Six pages of "Table of Distances." Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Light, occasional spotting throughout. Spine and hinges tight. Note: Second title page on p. 449 includes the mispelling of "ECT." for ETC.
ncludes "Preface to the Third Edition", which was originally published in 1852. This 1857 edition was published and sold exclusively by subscription.
ncludes "Preface to the Third Edition", which was originally published in 1852. This 1857 edition was published and sold exclusively by subscription.
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- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87325
- Title
- PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE; OR, THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL and THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE: EMBRACING THE HISTORY STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE TERRITORIAL REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES AND CHIEF CITIES OF THE WEAST: THEIR CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, POPULATION, ECT. ETC. COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES
- Author
- Parkman, Francis, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Miller
- Place of Publication
- Columbus, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Oregon History, California History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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