Letter from North America

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  • Hardcover
  • Detriot: Wayne State University Press, 1975
By Xantus, John
Detriot: Wayne State University Press, 1975 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Translated and edited by Theodore Schoenman and Helen Benedek Schoenman, with an Introduction by Thoedore Schoenman. Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. 198 pp. Frontis portrait, 13 illustrations, double-page map. Bibliography, index. Brown cloth. A fine copy in lightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket. First English language edition, translated from the first Hungarian edition of 1857. Account of this noted naturalist's travels, who collected and described the flora and fauna of the western frontier from 1856 to 1864. Most of the illustrations are after original drawings by the author, 1856. .

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Title

Letter from North America

Author

Xantus, John

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

Wayne State University Press: Detriot

Date

1975

Edition

1st Edition


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