Eldorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (two volume set) (Classics of the Old West series).
de Taylor, Bayard
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cove
- Librería
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Oroville, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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; each book has an embossed ownership seal on the blank page that has publisher's statement on the verso; Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Notes, appendix. Marbled endpapers. Description: Each volume has a colorized frontis, with three additional black and white illustrations (''with illustrations by the author'').. This was first published in 1850 in two volumes; this two-volume reprint edition is from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series. Each book in the series has been photographically reproduced from the original edition. The subtitle reads: ''Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel''. One of the true classics of the Gold Rush literature. Taylor was sent (by Horace Greeley) to California as a newspaper correspondent, with the intention of writing a book. He describes his voyage to California and his stays in San Francisco and the principal gold fields. An accurate picture of life in the gold fields, and a very readable account. Each volume has the publisher's insert (each is different -- not just duplicates).
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- Librería
- The Bookworm (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 067324
- Título
- Eldorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (two volume set) (Classics of the Old West series).
- Autor
- Taylor, Bayard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardbound
- Estado del libro
- Usado - BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cove
- Edición
- Reprint Edition.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Time-Life Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Alexandria, Virginia:
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983.
- Páginas
- 251, 247 pages.
- Tamaño
- 8vo (8.5 inches tall)
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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