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The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, 3 volume set
by Francis Parkman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Limited (1028/1200) 'Champlain Edition'; association copy. Near Fine HCs, no DJs. Green calico-grain cloth over boards with paper spine panel printed with red and black titles; top edge gilt; untrimmed fore edges; 2 color title page; laid paper; tissue-guarded frontispiece and interior plates. Bright, clean covers and spine but for very faint foxing-like shadows; spine cloth slightly faded; slightly bumped at cover top fore corners; paper label on spine age darkened but legible - new additional spine labels tipped in at rear end papers of each volume; tightly bound; bookplates on each front pastedown 'To | Ellsworth Bunker | with affecionate regards | from the American Red Cross Staff | December 31, 1956'; bright, clean interiors; many leaves unopened at fore edges - never been read. From the collection of Ellsworth Bunker (U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Italy, India, Nepal, South Vietnam, Organization of American States; president of the American Red Cross; and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom). 8vo, Paged 251, 272, 342 (865 total pp); index; illustrated. (Volumes 16, 17 + 18 of Parkman's Works).
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16677
- Title
- The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, 3 volume set
- Author
- Francis Parkman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- PARKMAN, MANIFEST DESTINY, EXPLORATION, HISTORIANS, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AMERICANA, MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHWEST, FRANCE, INDIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, PLAINS, NORTHWEST, PIONEERS, FRONTIER, CANADA, CHRISTIANITY, CATHOLICISM, MONTREAL, QUEBECOIS
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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