A Tour on the Prairies Tapa dura - 1983

Time Life Books, Inc.. 1983 reprint, Brown Leather hardcover, Fine/-- Printed without DJ?, gold gild edges, CLASSICS OF THE OLD WEST, 335 Pages, ISBN 0-8094-4033-4

Time Life Education, May 1983. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Very good condition. May show some signs of use/age/shelf wear/creasing. No writing, or tears. Has some storage/age spotting.

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1983.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; Very Good+ condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: This is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series, and is a facsimile reprint of the original 1835 edition Irving, an 'artist with the pencil' gives a vivid account of an expedition to the country west of Arkansas set aside for emigrating Indians. Includes a map. Irving was the first professional writer to write about the west. He kept a daily record of their ten week excursion to the 'Far West', by which he meant present-day Oklahoma. On his return he wrote this record from his chronicle. His vivid description of the rivers, plains, and forests on the journey are unparalleled in Western writing. Even more valuable is his reporting on life among the carefree… Leer más

Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1983. A gorgeous, pristine copy. No previous owner's name. No remainder marks. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Handsomely bound in full, brown leatherette that is gilt stamped, and embossed with a longhorn design. With a silk ribbon marker built-in. Attractive marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A volume in the Classics of the Old West series. Illustrated. A true narrative of the travels of Washington Irving in 1835 from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers in what is now Oklahoma. He traveled as secretary to Henry L. Ellsworth, the newly appointed Indian Commissioner. See Howes I86 [Final Edition I88]; Wagner/Camp/Becker 56. Laid-in is the publisher's introductory letter, which says in part: "Irving kept a daily record during their 10-week excursion... Irving's vivid descriptions of the rivers, plains and forests on the journey are unparalleled in Western writing.… Leer más

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time Life Books, 1983. Bright, clean, square, and tight. No corner bumps. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Fresh and crisp, apparently never read. The binding on this copy is GENUINE LEATHER, superior to the cheaper leatherette (imitation leather) found on later printings. Although at first glance, leatherette can look a lot like leather, it does not age as gracefully in the long run. Laid-in is the publisher's introductory letter, which says in part: "This leather-bound volume..." There is also the statement printed in the book on a preliminary page: "This volume is bound in leather." [These references to leather were later removed for the leatherette copies]. The binding is gilt stamped, and embossed with a handsome western motif (including rising sun, longhorn steer, tomahawk, and six shooter/bullets). A silk ribbon page-marker is sewn into the headband. All edges gilt. Attractive marbled endpapers. A volume in the… Leer más

Time Life Books, 1983. full-leather hard cover is in vey good plus condition with slight fade to edge with no dust jacket. boards are brown leather with gold gilt lettering to front cover and spine and all edges are gold gilt. still has yellow ribbon bookmarker attached. has a bookplate on inside front cover otherwise copy is unmarked and tightly bound. has marbled endpapers. 335 pages.. Reprinted. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Time-Life Books, 1983. Leather bound. As new. Classics of the Old West. Time-Life Books, c1983. 333pp. A Facsimile of the 1835 edition. 8vo. Embossed leather stamped in gold, marbled paper end pages, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Publisher's loose sheet and unused bookplate laid-in. Small scratch in the gilt on upper edge of the textblock, ding in the gilt on lower edge of the textblock, else as new unread leatherbound hardcover.

Alexandria, VA: Time Life Education. Very Good with no dust jacket;. 1983. Facsimile edtion. Imitation Leather. Series: The Old West; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; Leather-Bound, all Edges Gilt. Ribbon marker. Book Tight binding. Text Pages clean no markings seen. .

[New York]: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown blind-embossed leather with gilt lettering. xiii, 335pp. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, sewn-in yellow silk page marker. Fine. Tight and handsome facsimile reprint of the scarce 1835 John Murray first edition. A volume in this publisher's "Classics of the Old West" series. GRAFF 3097. NEW HOWES I 88 note. RADER 2029 note.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.