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DECK AND PORT; OR , INCIDENTS OF A CRUISE IN THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONGRESS TO CALIFORNIA WITH SKETCHES OF RIO JANEIRO, VALPARAISO, LIMA, HONOLULU, AND SAN FRANCISCO
de Colton, Walter
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien/No Jacket
- Librería
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San Pedro, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 408p., 10 leaves of publisher's titles. Pages foxed especially those around the plates, cover corners worn, light pen marginalia and name on title page. Rebound. Issue 2, with map added, four lithograph plates by Sarony & Major. Describes surfing on p. 352 - 353; "Nothing here has amused me more than the surf-sports of the young chiefs. Each takes a smooth board, of some eight feet in length, leads it over the coral shallows far out into the sea, and when a tremendous roller is coming in, jumps upon it, and the roller carries him upon its combing top, with the speed of an arrow, to the shore. A young American, who was among them, not liking to be outdone in a sport which seemed so simple, thought he would try the board and billow. He ventured out a short distance, watched his opportunity, and as the roller came, jumped upon his plank, was capsized, and hove, half strangled onto the beach." [Cowen; p.137 and Howes; C 624] Four plates of Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, and San Francisco and frontispiece of Commodore R.F. Stockton. (7-3/8"x5")
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- Champ & Mabel Collectibles
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- H11204
- Título
- DECK AND PORT; OR , INCIDENTS OF A CRUISE IN THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONGRESS TO CALIFORNIA WITH SKETCHES OF RIO JANEIRO, VALPARAISO, LIMA, HONOLULU, AND SAN FRANCISCO
- Autor
- Colton, Walter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- A.S. Barnes & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1850
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Ship Voyages American United States South America Honolulu Hawaii Travel Description Pacific Coast California Congress Frigate
- Catálogos del vendedor
- TRAVEL; THE SEA;
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Champ & Mabel Collectibles
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San Pedro, California
Sobre Champ & Mabel Collectibles
Champ & Mabel Collectibles has been selling secondhand books online since 1998.
We have a general collection of 20th and 21st century fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on American history (focusing on California).
We have a general collection of 20th and 21st century fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on American history (focusing on California).
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
