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+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1894. 528 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt decoration on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed; top corners and spine ends bumped. Light dusting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name on verso of frontis., and on rear blank endpaper. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24317MN
- 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+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- AMERICANA MINNESOTA STATE HISTORY MN DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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