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The Switzerland of America. A Summer Vacation in the Parks and Mountains of Colorado.: Colorado: Its Parks & Mountains
de Samuel Bowles
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Samuel Bowles & Company, 1869. Not a reprint. Good condition. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth binding. Shelf and handling wear to cover with all corners, edges, and spine bumped and worn; small tear to cloth of upper spine. Interior has two ownership marks on flyleaf but is otherwise free of intentional marks. Binding is still tight. Pgs 117 & 199 have their bottom corners torn off. Textblock is age-toned and volume overall shows minor soiling and use.
That said, despite its age, this is still a solid little copy.
An interesting and entertaining insight into Colorado a few years after the Civil War. The author may have been prone to exaggeration as he claims that the vegetables in Colorado were "unsurpassed" in size with cabbages weighing 50-60 pounds each, potatoes 5-6 pounds each, and beets 6-10 pounds each...
Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
That said, despite its age, this is still a solid little copy.
An interesting and entertaining insight into Colorado a few years after the Civil War. The author may have been prone to exaggeration as he claims that the vegetables in Colorado were "unsurpassed" in size with cabbages weighing 50-60 pounds each, potatoes 5-6 pounds each, and beets 6-10 pounds each...
Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Barbed Wire Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- m1109
- Título
- The Switzerland of America. A Summer Vacation in the Parks and Mountains of Colorado.
- Autor
- Samuel Bowles
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Samuel Bowles & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1869
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Agriculture, Trains, Railroads, Gold Rush, Stagecoaches, National Parks, Travel, Colorado History, History of Colorado
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Western History; Travel;
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Longmont, Colorado
Sobre Barbed Wire Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
