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Kaloolah or Journeyings to the Djebel Kumri: An Autobiography of Jonathan Romer…
by Mayo, W[illiam] S[tarbuck]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: George P. Putnam, 1849 First edition. Original green cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt and blind. . Twelvemo. With a lithographic frontispiece and title-page. Spine extremities lightly rubbed, old rubberstamp on back pastedown, bookplate neatly removed from front pastedown, with resulting offsetting. Still, a very good, bright copy. Mayo (1811-1895) was the son of a Nantucket boat builder. After making a tour of Spain and the Barbary States, he set up a practice in medicine in Ogdensburg, New York. This, his first novel, was based upon his own travels. It was immensely popular, going through nine editions between 1849 and 1900. It was often compared to Melville's Typee, though Mayo asserted in a preface to the fourth edition that Kaloolah was written before Typee was published.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11929
- Title
- Kaloolah or Journeyings to the Djebel Kumri: An Autobiography of Jonathan Romer…
- Author
- Mayo, W[illiam] S[tarbuck]
- Format/Binding
- Original green cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt and blind.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George P. Putnam,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1849
- Pages
- xii, 514 pp.
- Size
- Twelvemo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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