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Sketches of a Tour to the Western Territory, Through the States of Ohio and Kentucky; a Voyage Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and a Trip Through the Mississippi Territory and Part of West Florida
by Cuming, Fortescue (1762-1828)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About very good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
i-viii+[9]-504 pages. Small octavo (7" x 4 1/4") bound in original publisher's full leather with read labels to spine in gilt lettering. (Graff 944. Sabin 17890, Howes C947) First edition.
One of the best early accounts of Ohio and Mississippi valleys. (Streeter: III: 1325)
Condition:
Former library copy with light stamp to title and occasional stamps to margins throughout, rubbing to extremities, corner renewed but bumped, spine ends renewed, spine label rubbed, back inner hinge else about very good.
One of the best early accounts of Ohio and Mississippi valleys. (Streeter: III: 1325)
Condition:
Former library copy with light stamp to title and occasional stamps to margins throughout, rubbing to extremities, corner renewed but bumped, spine ends renewed, spine label rubbed, back inner hinge else about very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E0802
- Title
- Sketches of a Tour to the Western Territory, Through the States of Ohio and Kentucky; a Voyage Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and a Trip Through the Mississippi Territory and Part of West Florida
- Author
- Cuming, Fortescue (1762-1828)
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum
- Place of Publication
- Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum
- Date Published
- 1810
- Pages
- i-viii+[9]-504 pages
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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