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Adventures in the Apache Country; A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada
by John Ross Browne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Promontory Press, 1974 Promontory Press, New York. 1974. Hardcover. Facsimile reissue of the 1871 edition. America's Pioneer Heritage Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail; toning of pages. DJ: Very Good; NOT price Clipped ($10.00); light tanning to spine and flap edges; bumping to spine. Brown grained boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 535 pp 8vo. This book recounts the author's 1863 treacherous journey through Arizona and New Mexico as well as his subsequent travels to Virginia City, the Comstock Lode and the mines of northern Nevada. He aptly describes the differences in lifestyles of the inhabitants of AZ and NM barely scraping by to those of the prosperous miners and people in Nevada. Told with wit and candor and accompanied with over 150 of the author's drawings. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009070
- Title
- Adventures in the Apache Country; A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada
- Author
- John Ross Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Promontory Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Indian Wars, Cavalry operations, mining, Indian Raids, The Old West, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Comstock Lode,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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