ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1392-1897. The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska. Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a Preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames. 3 volumes, including Checklist
by (Fagg, Helen; cataloguer)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964.. 1964.. Very good. - 4to, brown cloth (lightly bumped & rubbed; very light spotting to covers; small label removed from tails of Vol. 2 & 3 spines) titled in gilt within red rectangles. Vol. 1: [ix] pp. [prelims] & full-page B&W illustrations numbered 1-142 with text on facing page; Vol. 2: [viii] pp. [prelims] & full-page B&W illustrations numbered 143-300 with text on facing page & [10] pp.; Checklist: xii & 220 pp.; (small bookseller's stamp & ink numeral on front endpaper of each volume with Vol. 1 front endpaper slightly creased; soiling to bottom edge of each volume). Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7048
- Title
- ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1392-1897. The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska. Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a Preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames. 3 volumes, including Checklist
- Author
- (Fagg, Helen; cataloguer)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964.
- Date Published
- 1964.
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHECKLIST; REFERENCE; AMERICANA; HERSCHEL V. JONES; WILBERFORCE EAMES. (Books-on-Books). (Americana). ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1392-1897. The Romance of Voyage and Discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and Nort
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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