The California and Oregon Trail being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
by Parkman Jr. , Francis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: George P. Putnam & Company. Good. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Points for this printing: ads 1-2 in front, 3-10 in rear; no imprint on frontis; frontis + 1/2 title illustration; no worn type on pages 436-7. Very light water stain beginning as a marginal sliver on page 130 and gradually growing to about 1/3 page by last page -- not a major defect. Some foxing, mostly to margins. About 1//2 of rear free endpaper missing. Tissue guard of frontis torn at binding. Covers generally faded and worn, spine title illegible. Small 1/2" hole at center front edge of spine. Corners bumped and worn. Binding is tight and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 550455
- Title
- The California and Oregon Trail being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
- Author
- Parkman Jr. , Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George P. Putnam & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old West;
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Novel Ideas Books
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Decatur, Illinois
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