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ASTORIA, OR ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS (TWO VOLUMES)
de Irving, Washington
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good / Very Good
- Librería
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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New York: C.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Two volume set. Octavo, 8.9 in. x 6 in., pp. (Vol I) xxi, [3] 389; (Vol II) xvi, [2], 391. The "Tacoma Edition." Illustrated with many black and white engravings and photographs on heavy paper, with captioned tissue-guards. Cream cloth-covered boards with decorative feather and arrowhead design, and gilt title, to front and spine. Gilt topstain. Rough trimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Light rubbing to extremities. Fingerprint smudges to boards. Previous owner's bookplates to front pastedowns. Second previous owner's signature to front flyleaf of Volume I only. Age-toning to pages. Original silk ribbons worn and laid in. Contemporary burgundy cloth dustjackets with gilt title to spine. Light fraying and rubbing to top and bottom edges of cloth dustjackets. Stories told by the great American short-story writer about John Jay Astor's adventures west of the Rocky Mountains.
Bookplate displays a drawn scorpion and the name "Allen + Margery Boyden." The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency" in southwestern Oregon nurtures nature writers on a 92-acre ranch in the forest of the Klamath Mountains.
Bookplate displays a drawn scorpion and the name "Allen + Margery Boyden." The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency" in southwestern Oregon nurtures nature writers on a 92-acre ranch in the forest of the Klamath Mountains.
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- Librería
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 86308
- Título
- ASTORIA, OR ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS (TWO VOLUMES)
- Autor
- Irving, Washington
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good / Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- C.P. Putnam's Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1897
- Palabras clave
- American short stories, Oregon history, westward expansion, WESTERN AMERICANA
- Catálogos del vendedor
- AMERICANA;
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Aardvark Rare Books
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Eugene, Oregon
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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