Waste-Land Wanderings
by Abbott, Charles C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Poor/none
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1887, hardcover, xi-312 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Fair condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight and firmly bound, name and date to front endpaper, boards and backstrip heavily spattered, spine-end and corner wear, crush tear to bottom of endpaper. The well-known author of Upland and Meadow, Primitive Industry, and A Naturalist's Rambles About Home presents a collection of observations while exploring areas of the North-Eastern United States in the last quarter of the 19th century. Most of the writings are concerned with nature including; Birds, Plants, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Ants, Fish, Mammals, Indian Traditions and Ancient Man. Gilt cover painting of sunset through bare trees. Index appended.
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8134
- Title
- Waste-Land Wanderings
- Author
- Abbott, Charles C
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/Poor
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General; History; Nature; Reference; Travel
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...