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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL by Ball, John - 1925

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL by Ball, John - 1925

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL

by Ball, John

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Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Compiled by His Daughters: Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, Lucy Ball. Eight illustrations. John Ball (1794-1884) spent just one of his eighty-nine years in Oregon but has been widely recognized as the first school teacher in the Oregon Country. He also made some interesting observations about Oregon in his letters and reminiscences. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. Mild bump to the bottom corners. The dust jacket is a trifle rubbed, with the title handwritten in ink on the spine head; otherwise very good.
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Dean-Hicks Company
  • Place of Publication Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Date Published 1925

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Autobiography of John Ball

by Ball, John

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The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library, with defects typical of this condition such as stamps on the edge of the text block, a scuffed looking patch where a pouch was removed from the inside front board. Some bumping to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. Spine is solid and firm, and the text block is firmly attached. Text block is clean and unmarked, aside from some light age toning. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in tall. Year: 1925.
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Autobiography of John Ball

by John Ball

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL

by BALL, JOHN

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Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1925., 1925. First edition. First edition. Cloth, 244 pp., preface, frontis, and several illustrations. Compiled by Ball's daughters: Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, and Lucy Ball. Born in 1794, John Ball was a graduate of Darmouth College. He was a member of the Wyeth Expedition to the Pacific Northwest in 1832, joined Milton Sublette trapping beaver, he journeyed westward to the Pacific, wintered at Fort Vancouver with Dr. John McLoughlin, went on to California, and then went to the Sandwich Islands, returning home on the U.S. Schooner Boxer after shipping around the horn on the whaling vessel, Nautillus. A fascinating narrative of Ball's experiences. The Arthur H. Clark Company acquired the existing inventory of this book and reissued it with a new title page. As New, with original Arthur H. Clark Company prospectus.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BALL

by BALL, JOHN

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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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Grand Rapids: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925., 1925. First edition. First edition. First Issue. Cloth, 244 pp., preface, frontis, and several illustrations. Compiled by Ball's daughters: Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, and Lucy Ball. Born in 1794, John Ball was a graduate of Darmouth College. He was a member of the Wyeth Expedition to the Pacific Northwest in 1832, joined Milton Sublette trapping beaver, he journeyed westward to the Pacific, wintered at Fort Vancouver with Dr. John McLoughlin, went on to California, and then went to the Sandwich Islands, returning home on the U.S. Schooner Boxer after shipping around the horn on the whaling vessel, Nautillus. A fascinating narrative of Ball's experiences. Very slight wear to top of spine, else an exceptionally fine, bright copy of the first issue, before the Arthur H. Clark Company reissued the books with a new title page.
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NZ$252.36