Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean . . . including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.
by Bowles, Samuel
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, Conn.: Published by Subscription Only, Hartford Publishing Co., 1869. First edition. Light damp-stain to the lower corners of the leaves in the latter quarter of the book, some light soiling; in very good condition. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), recent half leather and marbled sides, 524 pages. Frontis, 13 plates (including a map). An account of travel in the West subsequent to the opening of the Transcontinental Railroad from the editor of the Springfield Republican, an expanded follow-up to his 1865 Across the Continent. Flake-Draper 768: "Devotes several chapters to Mormonism." Nice early ink stencil on a front blank for C. Parsons, a Saline, Mich., dry goods and clothing store.
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- Bookseller
- Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21217
- Title
- Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean . . . including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.
- Author
- Bowles, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Subscription Only, Hartford Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1869
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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