FOUR YEARS AMONG SPANISH-AMERICANS
by Hassaurek, F (Friedrich)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke. Very Good-. 1881. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. x, 401 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover. Very Good condition, but for a one inch water mark on front board and 2 inch water mark on rear board. The author lived in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia for 4 years (1861-65) and describes the people, nature, topography, villages, customs, ruins, etc. Welch 110. Larned 4032. Smith H47. Griffin 5321: 'A very informative account by the United States' minister to Ecuador 1861-1865. Excellent descriptions of the land, cities, roads, social life and political condition of Ecuador in the early years of Garcia Moreno's rule.' .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43696
- Title
- FOUR YEARS AMONG SPANISH-AMERICANS
- Author
- Hassaurek, F (Friedrich)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Clarke
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ecuador, 19th Century Latin America, American Diplomats in 19th Century Ecuador
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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