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A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles.
by [California / Travel]. Coke, Henry J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1852. First edition. Good. 23 cm. x, 388, [2], [2, blank], [16, ads]. Original burgundy marbled cloth, frontispiece portrait of the author. Edgeworn, with slight chipping to spine foot and joints; evidence of adhesive removal (presumably library labels) to spine; front joint cracked, with corresponding gutter break following title leaf; one leaf detached but present; spine cocked; occasional minor foxing. Ex-library, with moderate markings and bookplate, signature and label of donor to title page. With the bookplate of the first French library in San Francisco.
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- Bookseller
- Kate Mitas, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1866
- Title
- A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles.
- Author
- [California / Travel]. Coke, Henry J
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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About the Seller
Kate Mitas, Bookseller
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Oakland, California
About Kate Mitas, Bookseller
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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