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
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/N/A
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1894. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green/black cloth variant, professionally rebound, with original elaborate gilt and silver binding decoration of Lakes Glazier and Itasca mounted onto new cloth. Original blank rear and spine panel also attached to new boards. Firm binding, clean interior, new endpapers, exceptional. Interior clean, slightly toned. Orig. issued 1892. 527 pp., illus. An exceptional reference copy..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001310
- 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 - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Midwest;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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