The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West : Digested from his Journal and illustrated from various other sources. By Washington Irving. Volume 2 of 2. NEW YORK : 1898. [ Pawnee Edition. ]
by IRVING, Washington, 1783-1859 Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1796-1878 [author]
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. Not Given . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. Armstrong, Margaret 1867-1944 [binding designer]. NEW YORK : 1898. [ Pawnee Edition. ]. Hardback. Illustrated with plates; each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letter press. Folding map. Original cream strong-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. Gilt and dark-red decoration to spine and cover. Thick bevelled boards. Top-edge gilt; others untrimmed edges as issued. In dark-red ribbed cloth dust-jacket; gilt lettered to its spine; lined with cream paper as issued. Tight, bright and clean. Fox-free. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear to jacket only. FINE in VERY GOOD jacket indeed. (xiv), 237 pages. Folding map to the rear. Binding-style; variously issued in cream buckram or dark blue cloth. Cf. Gullans & Espey. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]
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- The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West : Digested from his Journal and illustrated from various other sources. By Washington Irving. Volume 2 of 2. NEW YORK : 1898. [ Pawnee Edition. ]
- Author
- IRVING, Washington, 1783-1859 Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1796-1878 [author]
- Illustrator
- Armstrong, Margaret 1867-1944 [binding designer]
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Very Good Plus
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- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1796-1878. Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1796-1878. Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1796-1878. Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1796-1878. To 1899 Fur trade West (U.S.) History 19th century. Explore
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