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Journal d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amerique septentrionale .(Volume I only. Includes Autograph letter.)
by (Anburey, Thomas)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Paris: La Villette, 1793. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 336pp. Later binding paper over boards, half bound decorative paper, paper spine label, decorative endpapers, one folding map and one folding plate, engraved frontispiece, bookplate of Rowland Hazard on front pastedown. handwritten letter by Edward Everett Hale (author of Man Without a Country) pasted in. Light shelf wear, very light scattered foxing, contents mostly clean and sound, binding is tight. The handwritten letter, written and signed by Edward E. Hale is pasted in after title page. The letter explains to the owner (Rowland Hazard) that this book is a translation of Thomas Anburey's "Travels Through the Interior Parts of America by an Officer." An unusual association copy.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004068
- Title
- Journal d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amerique septentrionale .(Volume I only. Includes Autograph letter.)
- Author
- (Anburey, Thomas)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- La Villette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1793
- Pages
- 336
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ALS "Edward Everett Hale
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Signed;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Plate
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