HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of Its True Source in a Lake Beyond Itasca.
by Glazier, Captain Willard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co, 1901. 527 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Gilt and silver decorations on covers. Corners bumped. Covers have minimal scuffing. Wearing to edges. Staining to top pg. edges that gets smaller and eventually tapers off. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9448NH
- Title
- HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of Its True Source in a Lake Beyond Itasca.
- Author
- Glazier, Captain Willard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Rivers of America, Natural History, American History, Nature, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Rivers, Itasca
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