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Adventures of Zenas Leonard; Fur Trader and Trapper 1831-1836. Reprinted from the rare original of 1839. With maps and illustrations. Edited by W.F. Wagner
by Leonard, Zenas
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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About This Item
Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1904. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Limited edition of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard: Fur Trader and Trapper 1831-1836, edited by W.F. Wagner.. Octavo, 317pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. From a limited edition of 520 copies, as stated on limitation page. Complete with frontispiece fold-out map and five additional illustrations. From the collection of C.G. Littell, with note on front endpaper stating that "my original Zenas Leonard sold for $789.00 at Parke Bernet, Feb. 5th, 1944." Some foxing to endpapers, occasionally in text. Text block stable. (Howes L264) (Currey & Kruska 235). This work was reprinted from the scarce 1839 account of Zenas Leonard's firsthand description of the Joseph Reddeford Walker expedition to California.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10376
- Title
- Adventures of Zenas Leonard; Fur Trader and Trapper 1831-1836. Reprinted from the rare original of 1839. With maps and illustrations. Edited by W.F. Wagner
- Author
- Leonard, Zenas
- Illustrator
- Limited edition of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard: Fur Trader and Trapper 1831-1836, edited by W.F. Wagner.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Burrows Brothers Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- first edition Leonard Zenas, limited edition Adventures of Zenas Leonard
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