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hardcover. Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 5 3/4 x 8 3/8" 227 pages. Contributions in American History No. 25. with the assistance of Vern Carner. a little rubbing to dj & spine of dj slightly faded (dj now in mylar protector). previous owner's name on first page.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Softcover journal in very good plus condition. Article topics include: dedication to Will James; the origins of Harvard's Mormon collection; the rebellion of Grant County, New Mexico in 1876; Santa Anna's invasion of Texas: a lesson in command; General Crook visits the Supais: as reported by John G. Bourke; and more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good with no dust jacket. Ex college library, spine label removed, pocket and sticker on inside rear cover. Stamped on inside front cover. ; Essays by Allan Nevins, A. L. Rowse, Edmund S. Morgan, Merrill Jensen and others. ; Ex-Library; 6 1/8 x 9 1/8" ; 263 pages.

Blue Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Black and White Photos (illustratore). Textblock and binding very clean and tight. Originally published 1884; This is the Chtristmas 1973 Lakeside Press reprint; Navy-blue cloth, a very nice copy; Top edge gilt, lightly scratched; Four-page fold-out map of the Nicolaus Mohr route across the United States in 1883, in perfect condition; 398p., including index. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Lakeside Press edition: this book is number 71 in the series. A narrative of travels across America from German journalist Nicolaus Mohr (1826-1886). This is a Lakeside Classics edition with English translation of his original 1884 German edition. The story of Mohr's coast-to-coast railroad journey from Boston to Seattle and back to New York during the latter half of 1883. He visited notable places and cities like Niagara Falls, Chicago, Dakota Territory (this was 1883), the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone, Portland, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. He was present at the "last spike" ceremony of the Northern route at Deer Lodge valley, Montana on September 8 (he was invited). Has 39 monochromatic illustrations plus a frontispiece of the author. Good colorful reading - and a nice, crisp copy. Deep blue cloth boards with gilt publisher's decoration on front and gilt titles on spine. Small octavo (4-1/2" by 6-7/8"). Illustrated. 398 pages, including index and publisher's listing of Lakeside Classics to date.

Hardcover. Lakeside eds. 16 mo; dark boards with publisher's logo in gilt on front board, gilt spine lettering; fold out map tracing the railroad excursion based on a Northern Pacific map of 1883; outside of map has a sepia illust. of two men ready to board the train; wonderful illust. and b/w photographs throughout; 398 pp; includes index and list of Lakeside Classics. As New- no dj as issued. clean, tight, & attractive. 0.0.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine in blue cloth. 12mo., 391pp. Lack and white illustrations. No dust jacket as issued. R.R. Donnelley and Sons Christmas 1973 publication.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. Handsomely produced large 4to. in maroon buckram. Front cover decorated with gilt Spanish Conquistador on horseback. From a Limited Edition of 540 copies, this is number 368. A bright and fine copy. [search our listings for other volumes from this series which includes much primary source material on the West] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

trade paperback. Condizione: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED4to; 462 pages; good trade paperback; spine slanting; spine heal tear; few nicks to edges cover; scuff to face cover; tips bumped with some fray starting; slight crease; tanning pages; faint stamp half title page from previous owner; half title page top edge few small tears; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1970. 1st edition, inscribed, presentation copy (to another historian), F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. Black and white illustrations. Includes many explanatory footnotes, index. Turner, noted historian (his groundbreaking thesis, 'The Frontier in American History", 1920) and Forbes, wealthy Boston resident, (handicapped and bedridden for much of her life) met when Turner arrived at harvard to teach in 1924. Unique book, nice copy. Inscribed by Author(s).