The California and Oregon Trail
by Parkman, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hurst & Company, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Story of an adventurous journey that began in 1846 in St.Louis through the Black Hills & Rockies the summer after the author graduated from Harvard. As he writes in the Introduction, he set off "to study the manners & character of Indians in their primitive state."detailing "their wild and picturesque life." Originally published in the 1850s, this is a slightly later reprint from Hurst & Company as part of their popular "Companion Books" series, in 299 pages, bound in brown faux leather with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+ completely clean, sewn binding strong & straight, pages supple & white, with age-appropriate tanning to all edges. Former owner's name inside front cover in pen. No DJ, as issued.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020164
- Title
- The California and Oregon Trail
- Author
- Parkman, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Hurst & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- AMERICAN INDIANS WEST JOURNEYS MEN TRAVEL FRONTIER NINETEENTH CENTURY ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Native Americans-First Nations; Californiana;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...