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A Summer in the Wilderness; Embracing a Canoe Voyage Up the Mississippi and Around Lake Superior.
by LANMAN, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremities slightly frayed; light staining to the lower portion of the text; library bookplate and blindstamp on title; but ver
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Appleton,, 1847.. First edition.. original cloth.. Extremities slightly frayed; light staining to the lower portion of the text; library bookplate and blindstamp on title; but very good.. 8vo,. Howes L-90; Flake 4745. These letters...tell of a journey up the Mississippi from St. Louis, with descriptions of scenery, legends of the Illinois Indians, and accounts of Nauvoo and the lead region. The description of Nauvoo shortly after the Mormon exodus is especially interesting.--Buck 403.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29631
- Title
- A Summer in the Wilderness; Embracing a Canoe Voyage Up the Mississippi and Around Lake Superior.
- Author
- LANMAN, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities slightly frayed; light staining to the lower portion of the text; library bookplate and blindstamp on title; but ver
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Appleton,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1847.
- Pages
- [3 pp. (ads)] 208 + 8 (ads) pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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