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DECK AND PORT; OR , INCIDENTS OF A CRUISE IN THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONGRESS TO CALIFORNIA WITH SKETCHES OF RIO JANEIRO, VALPARAISO, LIMA, HONOLULU, AND SAN FRANCISCO
by Colton, Walter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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San Pedro, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 408p., 10 leaves of publisher's titles. Pages foxed especially those around the plates, cover corners worn, light pen marginalia and name on title page. Rebound. Issue 2, with map added, four lithograph plates by Sarony & Major. Describes surfing on p. 352 - 353; "Nothing here has amused me more than the surf-sports of the young chiefs. Each takes a smooth board, of some eight feet in length, leads it over the coral shallows far out into the sea, and when a tremendous roller is coming in, jumps upon it, and the roller carries him upon its combing top, with the speed of an arrow, to the shore. A young American, who was among them, not liking to be outdone in a sport which seemed so simple, thought he would try the board and billow. He ventured out a short distance, watched his opportunity, and as the roller came, jumped upon his plank, was capsized, and hove, half strangled onto the beach." [Cowen; p.137 and Howes; C 624] Four plates of Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, and San Francisco and frontispiece of Commodore R.F. Stockton. (7-3/8"x5")
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- Champ & Mabel Collectibles
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H11204
- Title
- DECK AND PORT; OR , INCIDENTS OF A CRUISE IN THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONGRESS TO CALIFORNIA WITH SKETCHES OF RIO JANEIRO, VALPARAISO, LIMA, HONOLULU, AND SAN FRANCISCO
- Author
- Colton, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.S. Barnes & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ship Voyages American United States South America Honolulu Hawaii Travel Description Pacific Coast California Congress Frigate
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL; THE SEA;
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Gayle Williamson is the owner of Champ & Mabel Collectibles, which is registered with the State of California and City of Los Angeles and permitted by the Los Angeles Police Commission (LAPD). Champ & Mabel Collectibles can be contacted by mail at: P.O. Box 741, San Pedro, California 90733; by phone at 310.833.8629 (landline); by email at info@champandmabel.com.
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About Champ & Mabel Collectibles
Champ & Mabel Collectibles has been selling secondhand books online since 1998.
We have a general collection of 20th and 21st century fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on American history (focusing on California).
We have a general collection of 20th and 21st century fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on American history (focusing on California).
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