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Voyages From Montreal On The River St. Laurence, Through The Continent Of North America, To The Frozen And Pacific Oceans In The Years 1789 And 1793
by Mackenzie, Alexander
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good- (front board detached. back hinge cracked, slight rattle, held tightly by binding cords. leather edge-worn, scuffed & scra
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About This Item
New York: G.F. Hopkins, 1802. Hardcover. Good- (front board detached. back hinge cracked, slight rattle, held tightly by binding cords. leather edge-worn, scuffed & scrached. corners rubbed to boards. dark tanning to pastedown & endpaper edges. ex-libris plates to cover pastedowns w/ descriptive bookseller label on back pastedown. intances of light & dark spotted foxing; opening pgs & map have more tanning, concentrated foxing.). leather boards w/ red leather & gilt spine title plate. viii, 296 pgs. frontispiece fold-out map. Stated 'First American Edition.' Map intact with 2inch tear to lower fold line and a ~1.5inch tear to side. Title page has section cut from upper edge. Text section of pages tanned with some ghosting, but remain dark and detailed. Stain at spine edge on upper textblock. Full title "...With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 184007
- Title
- Voyages From Montreal On The River St. Laurence, Through The Continent Of North America, To The Frozen And Pacific Oceans In The Years 1789 And 1793
- Author
- Mackenzie, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good- (front board detached. back hinge cracked, slight rattle, held tightly by binding cords. leather edge-worn, scuffed & scra
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.F. Hopkins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1802
- Keywords
- north american travel, travel journals, north american fur trade ; north american fur trade ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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