Across the Plains
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). In original red publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spine; grey coated endpapers; 12 pp of publisher's ads at rear; [x], 317, [1], 12pp. A sturdy copy, with minor dirt and rubbing to cloth, internally clean: Very Good.
12 essays, mainly reprinted from Scribner's Magazine. The titular essay concerns a journey by train from New York to San Francisco; other essays describe visits to San Francisco and France, autobiographical snippets in Scotland, and ideas about religion, ethics, and charity, especially in "Pulvis et Umbra" and "A Christmas Sermon." NCBEL III: 1007. Cf. PRIDEAUX 33.
12 essays, mainly reprinted from Scribner's Magazine. The titular essay concerns a journey by train from New York to San Francisco; other essays describe visits to San Francisco and France, autobiographical snippets in Scotland, and ideas about religion, ethics, and charity, especially in "Pulvis et Umbra" and "A Christmas Sermon." NCBEL III: 1007. Cf. PRIDEAUX 33.
Synopsis
Leaves from the notebook of an emigrant between New York and San Fancisco
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54567
- Title
- Across the Plains
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain;
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...