The Course of Empire
by DeVoto, Bernard (Intro by Wallace Stegner)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. A Very Good, clean and tight volume (with a 'Fair' jacket), illustrated with many b/w maps throughout. An important scholarly text of the men who explored and conquered early Western America. Volume has only one spot of foxing on the foredge. A small ink previous owner name on front free end-paper. A sixteen (16) page Introducton by author Wallace Stegner. At rear is a Bibliography section plus A large Notes section and pages of Comparative Dates, followed by an Index. A must for any Americana student. Great reference material. Dust jacket is Fair only, being chipped, rubbed and creased . Original price on front flap. Mylar protected jacket.
Synopsis
Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto’s monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805.
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- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005701
- Title
- The Course of Empire
- Author
- DeVoto, Bernard (Intro by Wallace Stegner)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American History; Americana; Western United States history; Maps; Missouri River; Montana;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.