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Travels West
by William Minturn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$295.90$266.31
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About This Item
London: Samuel Tinsley , 1877. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None . The first edition of this travelogue by William Minturn of his journey from New York to St Louis, in the original blind stamped cloth. The first edition. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth. This autobiographical travelogue was written by William Minturn and documents the author's journey from New York to St. Louis alongside his brother. Minturn also shares his thoughts on Mormonism and the exploitation of labourers. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with minor marks to the boards, fading to the spine, bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities of the boards, slight loss to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine and rear joint tender. Hinges tender with the odd mark and spot to the endpapers with a tidemark and a past owner's name written in ink to the front. Internally, the odd page tender with generally bright pages ad the odd spot and handling mark. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880Z14
- Title
- Travels West
- Author
- William Minturn
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Samuel Tinsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Travel America William Minturn Travel
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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