Mexico California and Arizona
by William Henry Bishop
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889 . Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. American novelist William Henry Bishop's account of his travels in Mexico, California and Arizona, illustrated throughout. A revised edition of this work first published in 1883 under the title 'Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces'. While the title page bears the new title, the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding retains the original title of the work.Illustrated with a map frontispiece, and many vignette and full page illustrations.With the inscription of Jennie Young to the front free endpaper.With six pages of advertisements to the rear.An informative study of Mexico, California and Arizona in the late nineteenth century. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with discolouration to back strip, and tide marks to fore edge of front and rear board. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 878F3
- Title
- Mexico California and Arizona
- Author
- William Henry Bishop
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- External links William Henry Bishop mexico south america old mexico and her lost provinces mexico
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The heel of the spine.
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