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The Christian Traveller In Five Parts Including Nine Years And Eighteen Thousand Miles
by Reed, Isaac
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: J & J Harper. Good. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. A rare and desirable book relating to the western frontier of the early nineteenth century--this book is seldom offered for sale. "Observations on people, manners and conditions in frontier Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky by an intelligent itenerant preacher. "--Howes. "Reed was a Presbyterian minister in Indiana, but his labors occasionally took him into eastern Illinois. "--Buck. Rear joint split, old stain to title page, scattered foxing. Original leather spine (rear joint starting) and paper covered boards. This book is contained in new green cloth tray case with leather spine label. Last leaf is unpaged and contains errata. Ref: Howes R126 (b) , Buck, not in Sabin; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 242 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5934
- Title
- The Christian Traveller In Five Parts Including Nine Years And Eighteen Thousand Miles
- Author
- Reed, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J & J Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1828
- Keywords
- Travel, Middle West, Missionaries, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Howes, Americana
Terms of Sale
Peninsula Books
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Tray Case
- A protective box designed to store books or documents consisting of a closed sided box (tray) with a hinged cover. ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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