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DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN
by DOLNICK, EDWARD
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Harper Collins, 2002. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First UK Edition.. 452pp; Profusely illustrated with b/w photos; John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy through the Grand Canyon; Edges slightly sunned else a tight and bright copy; Size: 8vo.
Synopsis
On May 24, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest of the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand Canyon. To adventurers of that era it was a region almost as mysterious as Atlantis -- and as perilous.
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- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008312
- Title
- DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN
- Author
- DOLNICK, EDWARD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- GRAND CANYON;
Terms of Sale
Weathered Stone Books
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
Biblio member since 2018
Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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