Early Day Stories: The Overland Trail, Animals and Birds That Lived Here, Hunting Stories, Looking Backward
by Leach, A. J. ; Leach, Adoniram J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, spine cracked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Item Price
NZ$65.41NZ$52.33
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About This Item
Norfolk, NE: Private Printing. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, spine cracked.. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding titled in gilt on front boards and spine. Seven black and white photo plates showing the author and a number of taxidermied animals. Howes 162a. A collection of Leach's travel and hunting stories, centered on his trip west to the Pacific coast in 1852 and from his Nebraska home from 1867-1916. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43791
- Title
- Early Day Stories: The Overland Trail, Animals and Birds That Lived Here, Hunting Stories, Looking Backward
- Author
- Leach, A. J. ; Leach, Adoniram J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, spine cracked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Private Printing
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, NE
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NEBRASKA, Frontier History, American Frontier, HUNTING, AMERICANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Cracked
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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