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Two Hundred Miles on the Delaware River: A Canoe Cruise from Its Headwaters to the Falls at Trenton (in rare dust wrapper)
by Hoff, J. Wallace
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Yes
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Trenton, NJ: Brandt Press, 1893. First. Hardcover. Fine/Yes. First edition. Dark brown textured cloth with spine stamped in gilt; 180 pps. with index of distances and historical appendix. Photographic frontis of Washington's Headquarters on the night of December 25th, 1776. IN THE EXTREMELY RARE DUST WRAPPER, PLAIN EXCEPT FOR THE SPINE PRINTING WHICH DUPLICATES THE LETTERING ON THE SPINE OF THE BOOK. The author recounts a "canoe cruise" vacation down the Delaware River from its headwaters above Port Jervis, New York to the falls at Trenton, New Jersey. Filled with descriptive sections of fish, scenery, logging, habitation, various towns and portages as well as tips for fellow canoe travelers. Some of the places through which Hoff passed on his journey include Water Gap, Easton and Phillipsburg, Mongaup Falls, Lambertville, Erwinna, Washington's Crossing and others. A exemplary tight, fine, unworn copy, top edges uncut and many leaves unopened, very outer edges of the pages are dusty; spine gilt still bright. The rare dust wrapper (which we had not before encountered) is evenly evenly darkened and somewhat soiled. The combination of a truly scarce book, a collected printer (Trenton's Brandt Press) and the never-encountered dust jacket make this a very highly desirable piece.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GD9946
- Title
- Two Hundred Miles on the Delaware River: A Canoe Cruise from Its Headwaters to the Falls at Trenton (in rare dust wrapper)
- Author
- Hoff, J. Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Yes
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Brandt Press
- Place of Publication
- Trenton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Outdoors, Canoe, Bucks County, Rivers, Travel, Vacation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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