Memoir of The Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont
by BIGELOW, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, Derby, Jackson, 1856.. First edition. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait; eight full page wood engraved plates by N. Orr Co. Original purple cloth stamped in gilt and blind (spine faded to brown). Very good. 480 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper by Edward J. Foster, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, August 29, 1856. Not signed by Fremont. Sabin 5306; Wagner-Camp 271a; Cowan p. 52-3.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305454
- Title
- Memoir of The Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont
- Author
- BIGELOW, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Derby, Jackson, 1856.
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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