Eldorado, or, adventures in the path of empire, vol. II by TAYLOR, Bayard

Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

New York, NY: Time-Life Books. Full-leather embossed boards, gilt page ends, ribbon marker. Volume II only. Light scratch on rear board, clean copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1983.

Time-Life facsimile reprint, 1983 (1850). Hardcover. Leather-bound. Embossed & decorated covers. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. B/W illus. A personal account by a reporter of travels to San Francisco, Monterey, Mexico etc. Part of the Classics of the Old West series. Condition vg. Handsome. The second volume only. 247pp. ISBN 0809446251. .

Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1980. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing in the Time-Life Classics reprint. Genuine leather covers (not the faux leather). Gilt-stamped, gilt edges, silk ribbon, marbled endpapers. 247pp. I have handled sets of the original leather copies of these series and know how to distinguish the genuine leather from the imitation leather. Near fine.

Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1983. A gorgeous, pristine 2-volume set. No previous owner's name. No remainder marks. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Handsomely bound in full, brown leatherette that is gilt stamped, and embossed with a longhorn design. With a silk ribbon marker built into each volume. Attractive marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Two uniformly bound volumes in the Classics of the Old West series. Each volume is illustrated with tinted plates. The two frontispieces depict San Francisco, the first in 1848, the second in 1849. Viewed in juxtaposition, the two show the city's rapid growth in only a year. See: Zamorano 80, 73: "Taylor saw everything and recorded all he saw." Howes T43 [Final Edition T45]: "Unexcelled description of California's gold-rush days by a professional traveler and trained observer." Laid into each volume is a different publisher's… Read More

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books. Very Good with no dust jacket;. 1983. Facsimile edtion. Imitation Leather. Series: The OLD WEST; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages; Leather-Bound, all Edges Gilt. Ribbon marker. Book Tight binding. Text Pages clean no markings seen. .

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time Life Books, 1983. A beautiful 2-volume set. Bright, clean, square, and tight. No corner bumps. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Fresh and crisp, apparently never read. The binding on this set is GENUINE LEATHER, superior to the cheaper leatherette (imitation leather) found on later printings. Although at first glance, leatherette can look a lot like leather, it does not age as gracefully in the long run. Laid-in each volume is an introductory letter from the publisher. Both letters says in part: "This leather-bound volume..." There is also the statement printed in each volume on a preliminary page: "This volume is bound in leather." [These references to leather were later removed for the leatherette copies]. The bindings are gilt stamped, and embossed with a handsome western motif (including rising sun, longhorn steer, tomahawk, six shooter/bullets, and a bear). A silk ribbon page-marker is sewn into each headband. All… Read More

Time-Life Books, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!