SHORT RAVELINGS FROM A LONG YARN, OR CAMP MARCH SKETCHES OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL
by Taylor, Benjamin F. (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Santa Ana, California: Fine Arts Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 250 copies. "A good account of a trip over the Santa Fe Trail, apparently in 1841, by a large party whose captain was named Houck. First published in serial form in the Daily Journal and type forms held to print this pamphlet with double-column pages." This reprinting is accompanied by a scholarly introduction by Henry R. Wagner. Octavo. In a one-quarter black leather over cream cloth binding, with gilt titles. The leather has been expertly refurbished. Mild soiling and fading to the cloth; otherwise very good. Rittenhouse 550.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69181
- Title
- SHORT RAVELINGS FROM A LONG YARN, OR CAMP MARCH SKETCHES OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL
- Author
- Taylor, Benjamin F. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fine Arts Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Ana, California
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Santa Fe Trail, Overland Travel, Fine Press
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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