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Incidents On Land And Water, Or, Four Years On The Pacific Coast; Being A Narrative Of The Burning Of The Ships Nonantum, Humayoon And Fanchon, Together With Many, Adventures On Sea And Land
by Mrs. D. B. Bates
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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About This Item
336 pages with frontispiece and three additional engravings. Octavo (8" x 5 1.4") bound in original publisher's gilt lettering to spine with gilt pictorial cover and spine. Cover decorative bind-stamped with ruled edges. First edition. A native of Kingston, Massachusetts, Mrs. Bates sailed to California in 1850 on board the Nonantum, a coal ship commanded by her husband. On reaching California , the Bateses operated a hotel in Marysville from 1851 to 1854. Incidents on land and water (1857) contains Mrs. Bates's hair-raising account of her voyage to California, when fires forced the scuttling of three ships on which the Bateses sailed. Mrs Bates recounts hardships of the mining town, with special attention to the life of women and children in the camps, and gives details of a tour of the Sacramento Valley. Condition: Spine ends chipped, some damp staining along front page edges and the beginning nine-teen pages, spine gilt dulled, soiled, corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear else a good copy.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS003196
- Title
- Incidents On Land And Water, Or, Four Years On The Pacific Coast; Being A Narrative Of The Burning Of The Ships Nonantum, Humayoon And Fanchon, Together With Many, Adventures On Sea And Land
- Author
- Mrs. D. B. Bates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- James French and Company, Boston
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- Small octvo
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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