Travels In California With Map (Biobooks California Centennial Editions)
by Thomas Jefferson Farnham
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Oakland: Biobooks, 1947. First Thus; Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/missing. A about fine first thus, one of 750 printed. Binding is perfect. Brown faux leather boards. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate has come loose from front pastedown. Rear map intact and pristine. 166 [1] pp. Octavo. Thomas Jefferson Farnham (18041848) was an explorer and author of the American West in the first half of the 19th century. His travels included interaction with missionary Jason Lee, and he later led a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. While in Oregon Country he wrote a petition to federal authorities that requested federal protection of the region from the United States government, which was signed by many of the local settlers who had come from the United States." ---wikipedia
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1066
- Title
- Travels In California With Map (Biobooks California Centennial Editions)
- Author
- Thomas Jefferson Farnham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus; Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Biobooks
- Place of Publication
- Oakland
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Oregon trail, california, americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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Uncommon Works
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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