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Deck and Port; Or, Incidents of a Cruise in The United States Frigate Congress to California. With sketches of Rio Janiero, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco.
Colton, Rev. Walter · New York, Cincinnati
- Author
- Colton, Rev. Walter
- Date
- 1850
- Place
- New York, Cincinnati
- Publisher
- A.s. Barnes & Co., H.W. Derby & Co.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(5" x 7") Quarter brown leather with corners, over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt title to burgundy leather in second compartment, remnants of old paper label to first compartment. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss, covers scuffed and rubbed, mostly to edges. Head and foot of spine chipped, with loss (see pic), spine with scratches to leather. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Engraved frontispiece, full page map, and four tinted plates. Believed to be a First Edition, 2nd issue, with additional map not in 1st.
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- Travel & Exploration
- Record
- S.I.6267
Deck and Port; Or, Incidents of a Cruise in The United States Frigate Congress to California. With sketches of Rio Janiero, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco.
Author: Colton, Rev. Walter
12mo.(5" x 7")1850. Colton, Rev. Walter. New York, Cincinnati. A.s. Barnes & Co., H.W. Derby & Co. Quarter brown leather with corners, over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt title to burgundy leather in second compartment, remnants of old paper label to first compartment. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss, covers scuffed and rubbed, mostly to edges. Head and foot of spine chipped, with loss (see pic), spine with scratches to leather. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Engraved frontispiece, full page map, and four tinted plates. Believed to be a First Edition, 2nd issue, with additional map not in 1st.
From Wiki: Reverend Walter Colton (May 7, 1797 – January 22, 1851) was an American clergyman and writer from Vermont who served as the first American Alcalde (mayor) of Monterey, California. He worked as an editor for newspapers in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, as a chaplain in the United States Navy and as co-publisher of California's first newspaper, The Californian, in 1846. He wrote several books about his travels to California and Europe.
From the Web: Dexter Arnold Hawkins (b.1825- 1886) was an American lawyer and educator. He was an ardent champion, by speeches, pamphlets, and newspaper articles, of a system of free, independently controlled public schools. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookselleratgmail.com, we may just have it!
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