Harpers 07b (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. VG book. Half black morocco. Marbled boards. Gilt lettered and decorated spine with 5 raised ribs. 1st edition. 9"x6", 824pp. (1) There are two separate 20 page articals on the Andes. (2) D.H. Strother's 13 page account of the Battle of Antietam in which he is quite critical of McClelland. Long before the Civil war he was an artist for Harpers under the nom de plume Porte Crayon. Strother had a 2nd 15 page section on the Civil War. (3) First printing, 13 pages, of John MacGregor's third voyage in the canoe "ROB ROY". FLAWS: 2 of 4 tips worn to underlying boards, all other edges & extrems scuffed. 1878 inked name. Pastedowns moderately foxed, less so on immediately adjoining pages, even less so on rest of text block. Hinges starting but stil sound. No loose pages. Text block edges smooth & clean. Very Good book. Articals on Antietam, Civil War, Andes, Rob Roy. Many illustrations. (illustratore).…