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NARRATIVE JOURNAL OF TRAVELS FROM DETROIT NORTHWEST THROUGH THE GREAT CHAIN OF AMERICAN LAKES TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THE YEAR 1820
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Albany: E. E. Hosford, 1821. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st Printing Solid Copy! 1st Edition. Published with a map and eight copper plate engravings. Map is missing and one engraving that was on map. X-library with stamp on half title page, bookplate on front end page. The corners of the first few pages are worn with some smudges and light stains, but rest of book with little toning, some foxing and some light stains. Book is well worn, covers, corners and spine ends, rubbed and worn. Upper spine cracked but intact and solid. More images upon request. 419 pp plus index. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. Z1 Very Scarce Piece.
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- Bookseller
- Prestonshire Books: IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006464
- Title
- NARRATIVE JOURNAL OF TRAVELS FROM DETROIT NORTHWEST THROUGH THE GREAT CHAIN OF AMERICAN LAKES TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THE YEAR 1820
- Author
- Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- E. E. Hosford
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1821
Terms of Sale
Prestonshire Books: IOBA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Prestonshire Books: IOBA
Biblio member since 2007
Appleton, Wisconsin
About Prestonshire Books: IOBA
Prestonshire Books is located in Appleton, Wi. Very near to Green Bay and the Packers. As owner I have a fascination for history and books which has come together for me in the book business. Member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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