Author: MIRSKY, JEANNETTE (EDITOR)
Title: The Westward Crossing (Balboa, Mackenzie, Lewis & Clark)
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some fading to the edges of the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has a corner clipped at the top rear flap. The edges and spine of the dust jacket have noticeable fadiong. There are several small edge nicks and chips and a long wrinkle to the front panel of the dust jacket. "Mirsky traveled extensively to access rare papers, maps, and artifacts related to her research. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947, as well as a Rockefeller Foundation grant and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She wrote the entry on "Polar Exploration" for the Encyclopedia Americana (1956). Because of her interest in the far north, she was invited to give the keynote lecture at Alaska's Festival of the Arts in 1966." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Western Americana Jeannette Mirsky Exploration Travel & Exploration Lewis And Clark Balboa Mackenzie Westward Expansion Western americana
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Title: The Westward Crossing (Balboa, Mackenzie, Lewis & Clark)
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some fading to the edges of the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has a corner clipped at the top rear flap. The edges and spine of the dust jacket have noticeable fadiong. There are several small edge nicks and chips and a long wrinkle to the front panel of the dust jacket. "Mirsky traveled extensively to access rare papers, maps, and artifacts related to her research. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947, as well as a Rockefeller Foundation grant and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She wrote the entry on "Polar Exploration" for the Encyclopedia Americana (1956). Because of her interest in the far north, she was invited to give the keynote lecture at Alaska's Festival of the Arts in 1966." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Western Americana Jeannette Mirsky Exploration Travel & Exploration Lewis And Clark Balboa Mackenzie Westward Expansion Western americana
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40396
- Book number: 40396
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