IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PIZARRO: OR A YANKEE'S FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE KLONDIKE OF SOUTH AMERICA
by Agle, William C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Seattle, WA: The Homer M. Mill Co, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Octavo, 365 p. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and black lettering on spine. Faint oval impression on front board originally framed a small cover picture. Front bottom corner bumped; other corners nudged. Slight rubbing to corners and top and bottom of spine. Interior clean, with occasional pencil marks made by owner to correct the author's errors. Spine is firm. From the title page: William Agle was a "member of the society of Yukon Pioneers, a contributer to the Engineering and Mining Journal, and author of 'Eastern Peru and Bolivia.'" He was "a man (who) has prospected and worked gold mines all the way from Alaska to Bolivia."
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85365
- Title
- IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PIZARRO: OR A YANKEE'S FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE KLONDIKE OF SOUTH AMERICA
- Author
- Agle, William C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Homer M. Mill Co
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- gold mining, gold rush, Klondike, history of mining, Peru, South American history, Wm. C. Agle
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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