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

Coke, Hon. Henry John

Verlag: Richard Bentley, London, 1852

Beschreibung

390pp. Octavo [23 cm] Marbled brown boards. Rebacked, with most of the original spine laid over. Lithographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Two pages of ads tipped-in before the half-title. The spine is rolled, and the text block is cracked multiple times. The preliminary leaves are nearly detached. No publisher's catalogue at the rear. Wagner 211. Flake 2449. Wright Howes states, "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 55880

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon ...

Verlag: Richard Bentley, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1852

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First edition.