Rambles Overland. A Trip Across the Continent
by Gunnison, Almon
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Universalist Publishing House, 1884. Almon Gunnison (1844-1917) was a Universalist minister who became the president of St. Lawrence University. His train trip across the west also included a mule trip to Yosemite Valley. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding, decoratively stamped in black. Titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 245 pages. This copy has the signature of a member of the Gunnison family, dated 1886, on the first free endpaper. [Quercus has been unable to identify the individual.] Corners are sharp; just a bit of light rub to the head and foot of the spine. An attractive book, and worthy of a read today.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006644
- Title
- Rambles Overland. A Trip Across the Continent
- Author
- Gunnison, Almon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Universalist Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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