The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions...
by Marcy, Randolph B
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Trubner and Co., London, 1863. Good. 7 x 5 inches, xvi, 251, 24 pages, original black blind-stamped cloth, titling to spine, corners bumped, joints partially cracked but strong, chipping to head and tail of spine, The first edition to be edited with notes by Richard F. Burton, Includes engraved frontispiece, folding map, advertisements, "Describes the various routes to California, modes of traveling, outfitting, etc. This for many years remained the standard authority upon the overland routes"(Cowan).
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- Bookseller
- Dawson's Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WS40746
- Title
- The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions...
- Author
- Marcy, Randolph B
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trubner and Co., London
- Date Published
- 1863
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...