ROUND CAPE HORN. VOYAGE OF THE PASSENGER-SHIP JAMES W. PAIGE, FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA IN THE YEAR 1852.
by LAMSON, J
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Bangor: Press of O. F. & W. H. Knowles, 1878., 1878. First edition. First Edition. Original Three-Quarter Pebbled Leather with Decorative Boards. Later Red Leather, Gilt-Stamped Label on Spine. 8vo, 156pp. A detailed account of the occasional pleasures and constant discomforts of a passenger voyage from Bangor to San Francisco, with an appendix of California anecdotes. Tear with small paper loss to front inner hinge. Some cracking to both inner hinges, yet tight. Some light rubbing to decorative boards, else clean and near Fine.
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- ROUND CAPE HORN. VOYAGE OF THE PASSENGER-SHIP JAMES W. PAIGE, FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA IN THE YEAR 1852.
- Author
- LAMSON, J
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- Used
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- First edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Press of O. F. & W. H. Knowles, 1878.
- Place of Publication
- Bangor
- Date Published
- 1878
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- Rubbing
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- Pebbled
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