Headwaters of the Mississippi by Glazier, Willard, Captain - 1893

Rand, McNally & Company, 1899. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UNITED STATES: RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY, 1893 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THREE PARTS, 28 CHAPTERS AND NICE APPENDIX, WONDERFUL DETAIL OF GLAZIERS TWO EXPLORATIONS AND OTHER EXPLORERS. FOR THE LOVER OF EXPLORATION, HISTORY AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. The Mississippi River is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago and New York: ., 1893 527 p. + Frontis. Illustrated with full page maps and drawings. Lacks first fly leaf. Fore edge of Frontis chipped. Title page slightly soiled. Lightly age stained. Manuscript ownership of Mary Emmenentrot, Reading, PA, Elm & Madason Ave School on front paste down. Small 8vo. 190 mm. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Beveled edges. Front board decorated with a map stamped in silver and gold. Spine decorated in gold with a design of an Indian and his canoe. Extremities rubbed. Second edition. Title continues: "Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of Its True Source In a Lake Beyond Itasca." Hardbound. Very good. Glazier was a soldier, author and adventurer. In 1876 he went from Boston to San Francisco on horseback, and was captured by hostile Indians near Skull Rocks, Wyoming territory, but made his escape. In 1881 he made a canoe… Read More

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company. 1894 Edition. 3/4 calf-new backstrap and label marbled boards and free endpapers. All edges gilt. Recent repairs have required new pastedowns and reinforcement strips entering the marbled endpapers . Neat and careful job. Small spot to frontispiece, tissue and title page. Strong tight clean respected volume otherwise. Size: 8vo . Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover Edition. 1894.

Rand, McNally, 1894. Hardcover. Good. Rand, McNally, 1894. Good. , Hardcover, Original blue cloth. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Gilt title and silver map on front. Frontis picture of Glazier. B&w illustrations and photos. Inside hinges are cracked and reinforced. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1894 527pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in original gilt illustrated green cloth, with bevelled edges, binding tight, hinges cracked. With frontis-piece and illustrations throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co, 1901. 527 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Gilt and silver decorations on covers. Corners bumped. Covers have minimal scuffing. Wearing to edges. Staining to top pg. edges that gets smaller and eventually tapers off. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1894. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green/black cloth variant, professionally rebound, with original elaborate gilt and silver binding decoration of Lakes Glazier and Itasca mounted onto new cloth. Original blank rear and spine panel also attached to new boards. Firm binding, clean interior, new endpapers, exceptional. Interior clean, slightly toned. Orig. issued 1892. 527 pp., illus. An exceptional reference copy..

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1893. 528 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on spine. Binding a bit rubbed w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Two short tears to outer margin of front endpaper w/ several name stamps on verso. Small stain to leaves 7 through 11 near bottom margin. Illust. w/ b/w plates and maps.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago:: Rand, McNally & Company,, 1894.. publisher's cloth stamped in gold and silver.. A sharp, near fine copy.. 8vo,. Illustrated..