Lights and Shadows of Sailor Life, as exemplified in fifteen years' experience, inluding the more thrilling events of the U.S. Exploring Expedition...
por Clark, Joseph G
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CHESTER, Connecticut, United States
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Boston: John Putnam, 1847. First edition. 12mo. 324 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt, light shelf wear, old paper school library label on spine, but an attractive and very clean copy. Putative early issue, without plates. "An informal account by a participant on the United States Exploring Expedition....The Hawaii portion of the text is on pages 178-209". Clark also describes his visits to Tahiti, the Columbia River valley, and San Francisco. Hill 299; Forbes 1631.
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- Livreiro
- Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 33097
- Título
- Lights and Shadows of Sailor Life, as exemplified in fifteen years' experience, inluding the more thrilling events of the U.S. Exploring Expedition...
- Autor
- Clark, Joseph G
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- John Putnam
- Local de publicação
- Boston
- Data de publicação
- 1847
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- Wilkes expedition, , , HAWAII,
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- VOYAGES AND TRAVEL;
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