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Views of Los Angeles and Vicinity

By: N/A

Price: $100.00

Publisher: H.M. Mosher: 1904

Seller ID: 2208481

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly creased, faint stain to bottom edge of pages, ink note on front flyleaf, a few captions in pencil. 1904 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. Black-and-white photographs of various places in and around Los Angeles, California.
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Historic Salem, Massachusetts

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bromley and Company:

Seller ID: 2296546

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Spine very faintly toned. 24 pp. Topics include: political and military history; Old Salem; House of the Seven Gables; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne; the witch house; pioneer village; witchcraft in Salem Village, 1692; Peabody Museum of Salem; location of important places in Salem; Essex Institute of Salem and it's museum collections; Essex Institute historic houses; famous Salem houses; Salem maritime history; Salem Maritime Historic Site, U.S. Department of the Interior; Voyage of the India Star, Pickering Wharf.
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Arizona Highways: July, 1948, Vol. XXIV, No 7

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Arizona Highway Department: 1948

Seller ID: 2296593

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Minor general wear. 1948 Stapled Binding. FRONT COVER: Havasu Falls. REAR COVER: Colorful Country. Color images of Grand Canyon and natural wonders. CONTENTS: Show Low: Story of a busy little town located on a busy transcontinental highway; Eagles are Our Six Point Gods: The proud bird that flies so high is a sacred bird to people in Hopiland; Ride a Horse to Havasupai: The trail is a long trail, the trip, arduous, but every mile is exciting; The Enchanted Canyon: A pictorial presentation of one of America's loveliest scenic places; The Navajo Way: Wherein is discussed the ways of the lonely N...
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Arizona Highways: December, 1948, Vol. 24, No. 12

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Arizona Highway Department: 1948

Seller ID: 2296594

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Minor general wear. 1948 Stapled Binding. FRONT COVER: Portrait of Navajo mother and child by Ray J. Manley. REAR COVER: A study of the desert by Jack Breed. Color images of Monument Valley and other natural wonders. Cover photo by Ray Manley, taken at the Ganado trading post. 'Saguaro, Majesty of the Desert,' by Claire Meyer Proctor. Photos of Monument Valley in winter, and Petrified Forest in spring, by Josef Muench. 'The Cowman Says It Salty,' by Ramon Adams: All outdoor men possess a talent for idiom and aphorism, but the cowboy tops them all. Drawings by Ross Santee. 'Profile of My People...
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Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery (National Geographic Society)

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.; Abell, Sam

Price: $10.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1998

Seller ID: 2291119

ISBN: 0792270843

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Former library copy, with ink stamp on top edge and a few brown paper squares affixed to endpapers (probably covering other stamps). 1998 Large Hardcover. 255 pp. A distinguished historian and noted photographer join forces to chronicle the epic journey of Lewis and Clark across uncharted wilderness to the Pacific Ocean, in a compelling narrative that incorporates entries from the explorers' journals and some two hundred magnificent photographic images.
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The Illinois River

By: Ayars, James

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1968

Seller ID: 2297173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Library sticker on spine, ink initial on front endpaper, front jacket flap corners clipped. 1968 Hard Cover. An adaptation for young readers of the work originally published in 1940 as part of the popular Rivers of America series. New illustrations by Lili Rethi for this edition.
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The Outer Coast

By: Batman, Richard

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich: 1985

Seller ID: 2276289

ISBN: 0151704503

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped. Ink note on front endpaper. 1985 Hard Cover. xiii, 384 pp. An odyssey of the explorers, adventurers, and scoundrels who confronted the Pacific wilderness when it was the edge of the world. This epic of pre-Gold Rush California and the Pacific Northwest illuminates the lives and adventures of Father Junipero Serra, Captain James Cook, Daniel Boone, and the men who followed in their footsteps. More than a historical account, this book is a chronicle of experience and conflict, achievement and endurance.
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Highball: A Pageant of Trains

By: Beebe, Lucius

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Bonanza Books: 1982

Seller ID: 2295686

ISBN: 0517004208

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Tears along top edge of jacket, top rear side of jacket previously mended with tape. 1982 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 223 pp. The text is written throughout with all Mr. Beebe's exciting combination of expert's knowledge and layman's language, so that it presents no difficulties to the technically uninitiated. More than 190 photographs are included, the bulk of them taken by Mr. Beebe himself.
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The Trains We Rode: Alton--New York Central (Volume I)

By: Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Howell-North Books: 1965

Seller ID: 2297884

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Small tear to jacket spine head, jacket edges lightly rubbed. Ink note on front free endpaper. 1965 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 465 pp. Includes 801 illustrations--6 in full color and 5 new paintings by Howard Fogg. Volume I embraces the mainline carriers of the land from Alton through New York Central.
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Los Angeles: Sunrise to Sunset

By: Blair, Dain

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Immaginare Press: 2014

Seller ID: 2260178

ISBN: 0972061800

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

No jacket, sticker on rear board. 2014 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. A beautiful Los Angeles Photography book. From sunrise to sunset by photographer, Dain Blair.
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Erie Canal Bicyclist and Hiker Route Guide

By: Botzman, Harvey

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cyclotour Guide Books: 1996

Seller ID: 2293106

ISBN: 1889602094

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Former library copy, usual marks. Light stain to spine base. 1996 Trade Paperback. 199, [1] pp. A descriptive tour guide of the Erie Canal for cyclists and hikers. The Erie Canal was an engineering marvel both in its day during the 19th century and now at the preface tot he 21st century. The original locks were made of stone blocks solidified together with mud. No the mud of the earth bu the mud of masons, cement. This was not the relatively high tech portland cement which we have today but a more rudimentary mortar. It has kept the locks together for over 150 years. The Route Guide includes s...
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Down the Historic Susquehanna: A Summer's Jaunt from Otsego to the Chesapeake

By: Bump, Charles Weathers

Price: $15.00

Publisher: RSG Publishing: 1996

Seller ID: 2289116

ISBN: 1887530037

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

A few faint smudges on front wrapper. 1996 Soft Cover. 1996 reissue of 1899 original. Describes the author's travels through New York (Cooperstown, Richfield Springs, Afton, Binghamton, Owego), Pennsylvania (Pittstou, Wilkesbarre, Northumberland, Sunbury, Harrisburg, Columbia), and Maryland (Port Deposit, Ilavre-Grace, Watson's Island).
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A Journey through the Genesee Country, Finger Lakes Region and Mohawk Valley from Patrick Campbell's Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America in the Years 1791 and 1792

By: Campbell, Patrick; Clune, Henry W. (Introduction); Volz, Robert L. (Preface)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Friends of The University of Rochester Libraries: 1978

Seller ID: 2196603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes slipcase. No jacket. 1978 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 17, [71] pp. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase with marbled paper label, gilt titles. Maps on endpapers. Introduction by Henry W. Clune and preface by Robert L. Volz written specially for this edition. Frontispiece of author, two copper plate engravings. 1978 lithographed facsimile of 1793 original - Sabin 10264: a curious and entertaining book. 'The author set out from the Highlands of Scotland, with the intention to explore the interior inhabited parts of North America, attended with an old faithful ...
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The Hudson River

By: Carmer, Carl; Skinner, Constance Lindsay

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1962

Seller ID: 2297156

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Front jacket flap corners clipped, jacket lightly toned. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. An adaptation for young readers of the work originally published in 1939 as part of the popular Rivers of America series by the popular author of Stars Fell on Alabama and Listen for a Lonesome Drum. New illustrations by Rafaello Busoni for this edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Carl Carmer (October 16, 1893 - September 1976) was an author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and novels, many of which focused on Americana such as myths, folklore, and tales. His most famous b...
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Wings to the Orient: Pan American Clipper Planes 1935-1945, a Pictorial History

By: Cohen, Stan

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company: 1987

Seller ID: 2298753

ISBN: 0933126611

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Rear wrapper creased, ink name has been covered with white out. 1987 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. ix, 214 pp. This book is about three types of airplanes, several individuals, and a new concept in overseas travel. The airplanes commonly called Clippers, are the Sikor-sky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing B-314. The individuals include Juan Trippe, founder of America's pioneering overseas airline, Pan Am. The new concept, formulated by Pan Am during the Depression days of the 1930s, involved island-hopping by air.
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Lake Champlain's Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey from Burlington Bay to the Hudson River - Building the Canal Schooner Lois McClure

By: Cohn, Arthur B.; Bartley, Barbara; Beil, Eloise; Blow, David; Carlisle, Lilian Baker; Crisman, Kevin; Haas, Ernie; Kane, Adam; Loven, Adam; McKibben, Alan; McLaughlin, Scott; Taylor, Roger; Vincent, Jane

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Basin Harbor, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: 2003

Seller ID: 2304057

ISBN: 0964185628

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

First paperback printing. Inscribed and signed by Arthur Cohn on title page ('to Vicky and Bob, Your hospitality in Palmyra has been so wonderful - and I applaud all the efforts you are making to help keep history alive. Sincerely, Art, August 12, 2007 - Arthur B. Cohn'). Edges lightly rubbed. 2003 Large Softcover. xiv, 187 pp. Color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. The Lake Champlain - Hudson River corridor has played host to some of this nation's most defining historic events. From its vantage point at Burlington, Vermont, this highly illustrated work... takes th...
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The Search for Steam: A Cavalcade of Smoky Action in Steam by the Greatest Railroad Photographers

By: Collias, Joe G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Howell-North Books: 1972

Seller ID: 2295367

ISBN: 0831070927

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Ink note on front free endpaper. 1972 Large Hardcover. 360 pp. With 420 steam action pictures, 5 in color. A dynamic collection, this mammoth parade of smokey steam action will delight even the most hard-to-please enthusiasts. This book is filled with a wide variety of railroads including the Santa Fe, Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, and many more.
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Notes on the United States of North America during a Phrenological Visit in 1838-9-40., in Two Volumes

By: Combe, George

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Carey & Hart: 1841

Seller ID: 2289772

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First American edition, following the three volume edition published in Edinburgh. Spines and edges faded, a few light spots on vol. 1 boards, front and end matter faintly foxed. 1841 Hard Cover. xxvi, [13]-374; 405, [5] pp. 8vo. Sabin 14924. Howes C-639. Memoirs of a British phrenologist and his travels in the United States from 1838-1840, in which he discusses abolition, medical treatment of the insane, and notable contemporary figures. Combe founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society and toured the U.S. giving lectures (hence the visit described here). Included in the introduction are seve...
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Image for Our Own Country, Representing Our Native Land and Its Splendid Natural Scenery, Rivers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Geysers, Glaciers, Mountains, Canons [Canyons], Entrancing Landscapes, Historic Homes, Places and Scenes, Reproduced in a Series of Five Hundred Superb Original Photographs, with Graphic Historical Descriptions and Character Sketches, Constituting a Complete Historic and Geographic Picturesque America.

Our Own Country, Representing Our Native Land and Its Splendid Natural Scenery, Rivers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Geysers, Glaciers, Mountains, Canons [Canyons], Entrancing Landscapes, Historic Homes, Places and Scenes, Reproduced in a Series of Five Hundred Superb Original Photographs, with Graphic Historical Descriptions and Character Sketches, Constituting a Complete Historic and Geographic Picturesque America.

By: Cox, James; Bryant, William S.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Jno. W. Corley Publishing & Promotion Co.: 1913

Seller ID: 2302217

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Revised edition. Spine faded, corners a bit rubbed, hinges weakening. 1913 Large Hardcover. 336 pp. A collection of photographs spanning a wide range of the scenic wonders of America.
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Image for Fortsetzung der Historie von Grönland [Gronland] insonderheit der Missions-Geschichte der Evangelischen Bruder zu Neu-Herrnhut und Lichtenfels von 1763. bis 1768. nebst betrachtlichen Zusatzen und Anmerkungen zur naturlichen Geschichte

Fortsetzung der Historie von Grönland [Gronland] insonderheit der Missions-Geschichte der Evangelischen Bruder zu Neu-Herrnhut und Lichtenfels von 1763. bis 1768. nebst betrachtlichen Zusatzen und Anmerkungen zur naturlichen Geschichte

By: Cranz [Crantz], David

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Heinrich Detlef Ebers: 1770

Seller ID: 2289840

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Fair

First edition. Leather drying, some from spine and corners, front joint weak, foxed throughout with light stains to margins of a couple pages. 1770 Half-Leather. [xii], 360, [12] pp. 8vo. Leather spine and corners over paper-covered boards. German text (fraktur script). Sabin 17414. A history of Greenland, with particular attention to evangelical missions of the mid-18th century.
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Cape Cod Pilot (American Guide Series) (The Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration for the State of Massachusetts)

By: Digges, Jeremiah; The Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration for the State of Massachusetts

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Modern Pilgrim Press / The Viking Press: 1937

Seller ID: 2291134

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

2nd printing. Lacks jacket. Front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1937 Hard Cover. 403, [3] pp. 8vo. 8 3/4 x 6. Black & white photographs. Maps on endpapers. Part of the American Guide Series sponsored by the WPA, though this volume deviates from the form used in others in the American Guide Series, for it attempts to present guide material as a personal experience. CONTENTS: Introduction; Sandwich; Barnstable; Yarmouth; Dennis; Brewster; Orleans: Eastham; Wellfleet; Truro; Provincetown I; Provincetown II; Chatham; Harwich; Dennis & Yarmouth -- South Shore; Hyannis & South Shore Towns; Mashpee...
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Conditions in Alaska. Report of Subcommittee of Committee on Territories Appointed to Investigate Conditions in Alaska. (Report No. 282)

By: Dillingham, Sen.; Burnham, Sen.; Nelson, Sen.; Patterson, Sen.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Government Printing Office: 1904

Seller ID: 2302301

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

Includes map. Appears to have been custom-bound for R.O. Moon (his name in gilt on spine base). 1904 Half-Leather. 32 pp. 8vo. Red leather spine and corners, red cloth boards, gilt titles. Large fold-out map follows text. A survey of conditions in Alaska assessing natural resources, transportation considerations, etc.
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Your Land, Our Land: Two Centuries of American Words and Images from the Regions of the National Archives

By: Dodd, Monroe; Burnes, Brian

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Kansas City Star Books: 2009

Seller ID: 2202737

ISBN: 1935362429

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A fine copy. Fine. 2009 Large Hardcover. 240 pp. In the National Archives' regional collections is kept the story of our disputes and our agreements, our struggles and our victories, the images of ourselves, our families, our cities and our culture. They are the inspiration and the basis of Your Land, Our Land: Two centuries of American Words and Images from the Regions of the National Archives. For this volume, Archives staffers in each of the 13 regions poured through their vast files. They emerged with images and documents representing life in every part of the country - fro...
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Everywhere West: The Burlington Route

By: Dorin, Patrick C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Superior Publishing Company: 1976

Seller ID: 2295374

ISBN: 0875645232

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Ink note on front free endpaper, minor general wear. 1976 Large Hardcover. 171, [3] pp. Fascinating pictorial history of the Burlington Route, from its start as the tiny Aurora Branch Railway through to its 1970 transformation into the Burlington Northern. Chapters cover its formation, the standard era of passenger service, gas-electric motor cars, Zephyrs, transcontinental streamliners, commuter trains, freight and mixed trains, coal trains, subsidiaries, and the merger. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With maps, station list, timetables and ads.
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Image for Perambulations of Cosmopolite; or, Travels and Labors of Lorenzo Dow, in Europe and America, including a Brief Account of His Early Life and Christian Experience, as Contained in His Journal. to which is added His Chain, Journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, Dialogue between Curious and Singular, Hints on the Fulfilment of Prophecy, &c., &c., [with] Vicissitudes; or the Journey of Life

Perambulations of Cosmopolite; or, Travels and Labors of Lorenzo Dow, in Europe and America, including a Brief Account of His Early Life and Christian Experience, as Contained in His Journal. to which is added His Chain, Journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, Dialogue between Curious and Singular, Hints on the Fulfilment of Prophecy, &c., &c., [with] Vicissitudes; or the Journey of Life

By: Dow, Lorenzo; Dow, Peggy

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York / Rochester, Richard C. Valentine: 1855

Seller ID: 2303669

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Front matter foxed. 1855 Hard Cover. 508 pp. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles, marbled edges. Two titles bound in one volume. The memoirs of Lorenzo Dow (reissue of Howes D441), bound together with an 1842 edition of an account of approximately 10,000 miles of travel throughout the American continent, recounted by Lorenzo Dow through the use of his wife Peggy's detailed journal. Dow's memoirs at one point were only outsold by the Bible. Sabin 20759. Howes D-442. [Vicissitudes] describes one of the most amazing trips ever made by a woman, down the Ohio from Wheeling to Natchez, on the Mississippi, t...
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Out West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail

By: Duncan, Dayton

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Viking: 1987

Seller ID: 2267722

ISBN: 0670808229

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket spine faded. 1987 Hard Cover. xiv, 434 pp. 8vo. One hundred and eighty years after Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery (1804-1806), Dayton Duncan set out in a Volkswagen camper to retrace their steps. Out West is an account of three separate journeys: Lewis and Clark's epic adventure through uncharted wilderness; Duncan's retracing of the historic trail, now in various ways tamed, paved, and settled; and the journey of the American West in the years in between. Readers traveling with Duncan will encounter the people who inhabit today's West: farmers and ranchers, cowboy...
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Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands

By: Elliott, Henry E.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1886

Seller ID: 2302237

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1887 printing. Spine faded, edges rubbed with corners slightly exposed, front hinge just beginning to weaken, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1886 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 473, [5] pp. 8vo. Fold-out map follows text, four maps in text, numerous plates and illustrations in text. A 19th century account of the history, geography, peoples, and animals of Alaska.
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The American Journals of Lt John Enys [Lieutenant]

By: Enys, John; Cometti, Elizabeth; Hochschild, Harold K.; Boyd, Julian P.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Syracuse, The Adirondack Museum / Syracuse University Press: 1976

Seller ID: 2303942

ISBN: 0815601212

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Top edge faintly foxed, jacket lightly rubbed. 1976 Hard Cover. xliii, 377 pp. John Enys, a young British ensign, arrived in Quebec in the spring of 1776 with the contingent that helped to preserve British sovereignty over Canada. He fought in the Battle of Valcour Island in October 1776 and in raids against the frontiers of Vermont in 1778 and New York in 1780. His vivid accounts of the ravages inflicted by the invading Regulars, Loyalists, and Indians add perspective to a neglected chapter of American history. Enys sailed back to England in 1782. He then reluctantly returned t...
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Vagabonding Down the Andes: Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires

By: Franck, Harry A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: 1917

Seller ID: 2271081

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Grosset & Dunlap reissue. Includes original jacket. Pages faintly toned, jacket edges rubbed with split along front flap and minor loss. 1917 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 612 pp. 8vo. Green cloth, black titles. Color map on front endpapers shows route. An account of a journey in South America by Harry Franck, often called 'king of the vagabonds'. Black & white photographs by author.
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Vagabonding Down the Andes: Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires

By: Franck, Harry A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Century Co.: 1917

Seller ID: 2281654

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Corners rubbed with small tear to spine head, light cup ring stain on rear board, endpapers and about a third of text pages moderately foxed. 1917 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 612 pp. 8vo. Green cloth, cream titles. Color fold-out map shows route. An account of a journey in South America by Harry Franck, often called 'king of the vagabonds'. Black & white photographs by author.
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