Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Island
de Nordhoff, Charles
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- ISBN 10
- 0898154197
- ISBN 13
- 9780898154191
- Librería
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Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Ten Speed Press Printing 1974. (First published in 1874.) A Double Elephant Book. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. b/w wood engravings throughout. Facsimile reprint of the 1874 guide to Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), with a side-trip through Washington territory to Victoria B.C. describing these lands as they were one hundred years ago. Pictorial brick red illustrated hinged wrappers, illus by Nancy Austin. Clean and unmarked with light wear to edges; tight and solid glued binding; smudge on upper corner of endpaper, otherwise pages completely clean, no markings, no creases. Contents include such topics as Maui and sugar culture; cattle and sheep on Kauai; Hawaiian manners and customs; Leper asylum on Molokai; agriculture valleys, dairies, forests, fruit farms, wine; sheep-grazing, redwood forests, sawmills, etc. in Northern California; Chinese as laborers; The Farallon Islands; the Columbia River; Puget Sound; and more. Appendix: Contribution of a venerable savage to the ancient history of the Hawaiian Islands. Notes. 8vo. 256 pages. 1974. Ten Speed Press.
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- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 030185
- Título
- Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Island
- Autor
- Nordhoff, Charles
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0898154197
- ISBN 13
- 9780898154191
- Editorial
- Ten Speed Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Berkeley, CA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1974
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Palabras clave
- TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; JOURNEY; HONOLULU; MAUI; HAWAII; SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CA; DAIRY FARMERS; CHINESE AS LABORERS; AGRICULTURE, CALIFORNIA; KING KALAKAUAS;
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- 0 oz
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...