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Lords of the Valley. Sir William Johnson and his Mohawk Brothers
by Seymour, Flora Warren (author of "the story of the red man)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmont, Green and Co, 1930. First Edition. Full leather. Very good +. 8vo., 278 pp., full leather with gilt dentelle inside border, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, 2 illustrations, map, bibliographical notes. -- Authors personal copy with her booklplates. Probably a presentation copy from the publisher. -- A small amount of rubbing to the top and bottom shoulder joints of the binding and to the heel of the spine. "Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (c.1715-11 July 1774) was an Irish official of the British Empire. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, which was located amidst the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and Iroquois customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois. Because of his success, he was appointed in 1756 as British Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the northern colonies. Throughout his career as a British official among the Iroquois, Johnson combined personal business with official diplomacy, acquiring tens of thousands of acres of Native land and becoming very wealthy."-wiki.
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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9229
- Title
- Lords of the Valley. Sir William Johnson and his Mohawk Brothers
- Author
- Seymour, Flora Warren (author of "the story of the red man)
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmont, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Vintage Books, Nonfiction, Native American, Biography, Eastern Americana, Mohawk Indians, Six Nations, Iroquois League, Indian Affairs, Fine bindings, Book Plates, Full leather bindings, indigenous peoples
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATIVE AMERICAN;
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About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
Biblio member since 2003
Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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