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The Humboldt: Highroad of the West
by Morgan, Dale L. [WPA]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Arnold Blanch. 374pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light gray cloth with a gilt stamped title on a brown ink stamped panel on the backstrip. Publisher's yellow top stain. Illustrated endsheets. The extremities are gently bumped, there is a barely perceptible moisture stain in the top fore-edge corner of the rear board, and there is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In the illustrated dust jacket, with a 1" closed tear and occasional chips to the edges. With Dale Morgan's commentary on WPA workers titled, "--- A Share in America," on the rear panel. Twenty-third volume in "The Rivers of America" series. More of a collection of short narratives than a linear history, this Morgan work was one of his most successful works and one of the most popular in the "Rivers" series. Illustrated by Arnold Blanch. Fitzgerald H26. Saunders 16.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64633
- Title
- The Humboldt: Highroad of the West
- Author
- Morgan, Dale L. [WPA]
- Illustrator
- Arnold Blanch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Rivers of America; Humboldt River; Nevada; Elko; Great Basin; Dale Morgan; WPA
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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