Last Adventure : San Fransisco in 1851 / translated from the original journal of Albert Benard de Russaih by Clarkson Crane.
by de Russaih, Albert Benard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
San Fransisco : The Westgate Press, 1931. Some wear and fading to cloth spine, corners rubbed, offsetting to front and rear endpapers as well as to p. 18 (theater program); light toning to pages; previous owner's bookplate; binding solid. A clean, Very Good copy.. One of 475 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Xvii, [1], 94, [2] pp., Bound in marbled boards with green suede spine, orang-coldored spine label with black lettering, seven fold-out reproductions of contemporary engravings and lithographs inserted on folded blue paper, as well as a facsimile theater pamphlet folded in after p.18. Reproduction of Paris retailer label on front pastedown, and the manuscript introduction to de Russaih's journal by Jules Remy on FFEP. Translation of the last 50 pages of the author's journals of his experiences in San Fransisco. Grabhorn Press Bibliography, no. 150.
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- Bookseller
- Chris Lowden, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 245
- Title
- Last Adventure : San Fransisco in 1851 / translated from the original journal of Albert Benard de Russaih by Clarkson Crane.
- Author
- de Russaih, Albert Benard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Westgate Press,
- Place of Publication
- San Fransisco :
- Date Published
- 1931.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Chris Lowden, Bookseller
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New York, New York
About Chris Lowden, Bookseller
Though I've only recently started selling online, I've been collecting Nature Writing, Natural History, Ornithology and Americana since the mid-1990s.
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