Adventures in Americana: Recollections of 40 Years Collecting Books, Furniture, China, Guns and Glass.
by SKIFF, Frederick Woodward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1935. First edition. One of 800 numbered copies, signed by Skiff. Octavo. [12], 366, [2] pp. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over green boards, printed paper spine label. Original dust jacket; spine ends with a bit of tape reinforcement, some nibblings to edges but complete and whole. A very good and clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71469
- Title
- Adventures in Americana: Recollections of 40 Years Collecting Books, Furniture, China, Guns and Glass.
- Author
- SKIFF, Frederick Woodward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Press
- Place of Publication
- Portland
- Date Published
- 1935
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Cloth
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- Spine Label
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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