On the Ebb: A Few Log-Lines from an Old Salt
by Hotchkiss, Charles F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned and some finger soiling, boards lightly worn, owner name on front pastedown, first g
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, [CT]: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned and some finger soiling, boards . lightly worn, owner name on front pastedown, first gathering loose.. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown gilt-blocked cloth. Tipped-in front free endpaper printed advertisement for Forest and Stream Publishing Company publications (strip at lower corner removed). Howes H-666. An autobiography by the author at 73 years of age, relating his experiences as a cabin boy on the brig Shepherdess, adventures in California during the 1849 Gold Rush, and many saltwater fishing trips. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36978
- Title
- On the Ebb: A Few Log-Lines from an Old Salt
- Author
- Hotchkiss, Charles F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned and some finger soiling, boards lightly worn, owner name on front pastedown, first g
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, [CT]
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- GOLD Rush, 49-ers, California Gold Rush, Forty-niners, FISHING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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