Illustrated sketches of Death Valley and other borax deserts of the Pacific coast
de Spears, John Randolph
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- VG+/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0930704029
- ISBN 13
- 9780930704025
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus. Facsimile Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1977(1892)* Publisher: The Sagebrush Press.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine, not to hinge. Overall a little darkened and grubby. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Penned price to inside front cover. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Top-edge has some marks. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos throughout with a few small b/w line drawings.* Pages: 226 pp. text. vi pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- While this facsimile book centres around the fascinating history of the California Borax discovery, mining, and production, it is as well full of wonderful stories of the first desert explorers and settlement. It gives an idea of how difficult every day life was in the latter part of the 19th Century for those who lived in the state.* This is a VG+ text copy of the 1st thus facsimile edn. with some age & shelf wear.*
Sinopsis
Marty Westfall, born in Kentucky, now lives in southern Illinois. She has been a professional doll maker and restoration artist for 36 years. For 12 years, she created antique replicas for Dollspart Supply Company, who shipped them all over the world. She is a well-traveled lecturer and teacher, and her articles on dolls have appeared in many publications worldwide.
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- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1688
- Título
- Illustrated sketches of Death Valley and other borax deserts of the Pacific coast
- Autor
- Spears, John Randolph
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG+/VG/ND
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st. Edn, Thus, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0930704029
- ISBN 13
- 9780930704025
- Editorial
- Sagebrush Press
- Lugar de publicación
- USA 232
- Fecha de publicación
- 1977-01-01
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