Author: Powers, Stephen
Title: AFOOT And ALONE; A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Etc.
Description: Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1872. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 498; Howes P537; Sabin 64804; Zamorano 80, #61). Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & give device to front board (professionally recased). xvi, [17] - 327, [3] pp. One page publisher advert at rear. 29 listed illustrations, divided between intratextual cuts & full-page wood engravings by True W. Williams. A 30th cut, unlisted, at p. 327, depicts the Golden Gate, as viewed from the Bay side. 12mo. Square & tight. Spine gilt faded. A solid VG+ copy. Per Howes, "a vivid narrative". Per Cowan, "The author, later famous as a distinguished ethnologist, journeyed from Raleigh to San Francisco, a distance of 3,556 miles.. his descriptions are entertaining and frequently amusing.".
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Title: AFOOT And ALONE; A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Etc.
Description: Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1872. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 498; Howes P537; Sabin 64804; Zamorano 80, #61). Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & give device to front board (professionally recased). xvi, [17] - 327, [3] pp. One page publisher advert at rear. 29 listed illustrations, divided between intratextual cuts & full-page wood engravings by True W. Williams. A 30th cut, unlisted, at p. 327, depicts the Golden Gate, as viewed from the Bay side. 12mo. Square & tight. Spine gilt faded. A solid VG+ copy. Per Howes, "a vivid narrative". Per Cowan, "The author, later famous as a distinguished ethnologist, journeyed from Raleigh to San Francisco, a distance of 3,556 miles.. his descriptions are entertaining and frequently amusing.".
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Price: US$ 467.50 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 33631.1
- Book number: 33631.1
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