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Illinois and the West. with a Township Map, Containing the Latest Surveys and Improvements
de Jones, A. D
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- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company. Good. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the early travel guides to Illinois, one of only 500 copies. Brown cloth boards with brown tape spine repair and spine cloth ends worns off. Rubbed and bumped corners, front hinge cracked. Soil and light foxing on edges and endpapers, traces of writing on front pastedown. Xi, 2-[256], hand-colored folding map measuring 16" x 12". Map is in very good condition with tears where it is stubbed in. Part travelogue and part poetic and philosophical description of Illinois, the guide covers everything from homesteading to poisonous reptiles. Howes J 184. ; 6 1/2" x 4"; 256 pp .
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- Librería
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 011456
- Título
- Illinois and the West. with a Township Map, Containing the Latest Surveys and Improvements
- Autor
- Jones, A. D
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Weeks, Jordan and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1838
- Palabras clave
- Illinois, Travel Guides
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Moab, Utah
Sobre Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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