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A Pioneer of 1850: George Willis Read, 1819 - 1880
by Georgia Willis Read (ed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Blue diaper-grain cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean covers and spine are As New; tightly bound and square in case; bright, clean interior; many leaves are unopened at fore edge. DJ is clean with no edge wear; some age darkening of spine and slightly along cover edges. Fold-out map intact and As New but with very slight age darkening of innermost fold. 8vo, 185 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19308
- Title
- A Pioneer of 1850: George Willis Read, 1819 - 1880
- Author
- Georgia Willis Read (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WESTERN; AMERICANA; EMIGRATION; WAGON TRAINS; GOLD MINES; CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; SILVER; CIVIL WAR; NAVY; SAILING SHIPS; HUMBOLDT RIVER; PLACERVILLE; JEFFERSON; PLATTE; OREGON TRAIL;SIERRA NEVADA; MOUNTAINS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History, Biography;
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About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Gilt
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- Fore Edge
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