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ACCOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN JOURNEYS IN THE RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS IN AMERICA [IN THE YEARS 1842, 1843, AND 1844] by Zagoskin, L.A.:
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[Np. 1935].. [1],iv,301pp. printed on recto only. Quarto. Modern buckram. Very good. Original typescript of an English translation of this important account of the Russian possessions in America. Zagoskin's expedition set out for the purpose of inland exploration of the territory of Alaska and to survey the Yukon and Kuskokvim rivers. The account provides many important details of Eskimo life and customs, as well as many other valuable first-hand descriptions recorded during the eighteen-month expedition. Translated from the original Russian by Antoinette Hotovitzky, wife of Father Dimitri Hotovitzky, head of the Greek Church in Alaska during the first half of the 20th century. TOURVILLE 5017 (ref). LADA-MOCARSKI 130 (ref).
recto : The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
buckram : A cloth made of cotton or linen which is used to cover a book.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
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