The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1800-1865

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  • Hardcover
  • San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937
By Wagner, Henry R.
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First revised and enlarged edition and the first "private press" printing. Limited to 600 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Revised and enlarged by Charles L. Camp. Small quarto. 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. 299pp. Several illustrations. Printed throughout in red and black. Dark peach cloth, printed maroon leather spine label.Head of spine slightly crunched, else a fine copy. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. An updated, and beautifully printed, edition of this reference, first published in 1921. Includes a Preface to this edition by Wagner, as well as an introduction by the Editor, Charles L. Camp. This was the first enlarged version of Henry R. Wagner's impressive 1921 first edition, which was printed in a limited edition and is now extremely obscure..

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Title

The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1800-1865

Author

Wagner, Henry R.

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Grabhorn Press: San Francisco

Date

1937


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