The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature & Natural History in Northern and Central America

Kingston, William H. G.

Verlag: T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1884

Beschreibung

Surface soiling to the covers - see image. Closed tear near inside front endpaper gutter neatly taped. ; Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. Eighty-six engravings. The author writes in his Preface: "I have first described the features of the country; then its vegetation; and next the wild men and the brute creatures which inhabit it. I have endeavoured to impart, in an attractive manner, information about its physical geography, mineral riches, vegetable productions, and the appearance and customs of the human beings inhabiting it. But the chief portion of the work is devoted to accounts of the brute creatures. . . . . "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7494

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Titel: The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of ...

Verlag: T. Nelson and Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1884

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good