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A RIDE WITH KIT CARSON; Across the Great American Desert and Through the Rocky Mountains.
by Brewerton, George D
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in beige linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small decoration on front cover.
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About This Item
Palo Alto, CA:: Lewis Osborne, , 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in beige linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small decoration on front cover. . Limited, numbered first edition. An account which originally appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine of August 1853 which describes Kit Carson and the journey from Los Angeles to Taos over what came to be known as the Old Spanish Trail. Introduction by George R. Stewart. Illustrated with vintage drawings, double page map at the end. #142 out of a limited edition of 1400 copies. 108 pp plus colophon and map. Map front endpapers.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86514
- Title
- A RIDE WITH KIT CARSON; Across the Great American Desert and Through the Rocky Mountains.
- Author
- Brewerton, George D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in beige linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small decoration on front cover.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lewis Osborne,
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto, CA:
- Date Published
- 1969.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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