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My Voyage in the United States Frigate "Congress
by van Denburgh, Elizabeth Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Desmond FitzGerald, Inc. [1913], 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. [20], 338, [2] pp. Sea-green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, eight black and white plates, and a fold-out facsimile of a letter written by James Buchanan. Elizabeth Douglas van Denburgh was the daughter of Joel Turrill, who was appointed U.S. Consul-General to Hawaii by President James K. Polk in 1845. This book is her recollection of her family's journey from Oswego, N.Y., to the Hawaiian islands. The author also recounts some of her time as a resident of the islands. A fascinating narrative of nineteenth-century seafaring, capturing a child's perspective on colonialism and global travel. A Very Good+ book with the gilt on the spine faded, occasional foxing to a few leaves. Several gatherings unopened.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00009379
- Title
- My Voyage in the United States Frigate "Congress
- Author
- van Denburgh, Elizabeth Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Desmond FitzGerald, Inc. [1913]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Cloth
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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....
- Gatherings
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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