Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870.
by LANGFORD, Nathaniel Pitt
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
N.p.: Nathaniel Pitt Langford, 1905. First edition. Octavo. xxxi, [1], 122, [6] pp. Numerous portraits and illustrations. Publisher's beveled blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, vignette of explorers on front in red, top edge gilt. An excellent copy.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72612
- Title
- Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870.
- Author
- LANGFORD, Nathaniel Pitt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nathaniel Pitt Langford
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1905
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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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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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...