A Ride With Kit Carson: Across the Great American Desert and Through the Rocky Mountains
by Brewerton, George D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Dallas, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Limited edition. In 1848, Lt Brewerton was ordered to travel the Old Spanish Trail to accompany an Army courier, Kit Carson. The object was to figure out a cross country mail route. Brewerton was 21 and Carson was illiterate. This book is Brewerton's account. The account was originally featured in Harper's magazine in 1853. There is a 2 page fold out map which mimics the front end pages. The book is near fine with only light toning on the end pages. The plain white dust jacket has edge wear and toning and a half inch paper loss on the bottom front and a quarter inch diameter hole on the back. Limited edition of 1400 copies of which this is 876.
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- Bookseller
- mark mcdonald (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- hist 1092
- Title
- A Ride With Kit Carson
- Author
- Brewerton, George D
- Format/Binding
- Ivory cloth, gilt title
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Limited Edition #876 of 1400
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lewis Osborne
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto, California
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 107
- Size
- 7.25"x0.75"x10.75"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western history, Kit Carson
- Bookseller catalogs
- history;
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