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Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Columbian Book Company, 1886. Hardcover. Good. . Fading/rubbing to boards. Minor foxing here and there throughout. Binding sturdy.

Hartford: Columbian Book Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1884. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 327 pages; Minor soiling and wear to covers. Just a bit of darkening to spine. Name and address in pencil on front free endpaper. .

Austin: The Book Club Of Texas, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1884 edition, 366 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, #57 of 300 copies. Laid in is the publisher's announcement for the book along with a signed letter from Dudley Dobie with details about the book. Dobie was the president of the The Book Club. Howes P537, Vivid narrative of a pedestrian pilgrimage of 3500 miles from Carolina to California. Graff 3339..

Austin, TX: Book Club of Texas, 1995. Hardcover. fine. Hard cover with a Reprint of the first edition of 1884, a Zamorano 80 title. Limited edition of 300 copies, this one out of series and noted on the colophon as Copy 95. Bound in blue cloth, 416 pp, 7.25" x 10.25", with 11 plates printed in dark sepia, numerous vignettes, and a double-page folding map showing Powers' route, a bibliography of Powers' writings, and an index.

Austin, TX: Book Club of Texas, 1995. Hardcover. fine. Hard cover with a Reprint of the first edition of 1884, a Zamorano 80 title. Limited edition of 300 copies, this one out of series and noted on the colophon as "Review Copy 10." Bound in blue cloth, 416 pp, 7.25" x 10.25", with 11 plates printed in dark sepia, numerous vignettes, and a double-page folding map showing Powers' route, a bibliography of Powers' writings, and an index.

Austin: The Book Club Of Texas, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1884 edition, 366 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, #159 of 300 copies. Howes P537, Vivid narrative of a pedestrian pilgrimage of 3500 miles from Carolina to California. Graff 3339..

Austin: The Book Club of Texas, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. #37 of 300. Original prospectus mailing laid in. Small spotting top edge. Edited by Harwood Hinton.

Hartford: Columbian Book Co, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fair. Original green cloth with pictorial gilt on front cover & title on spine. 327pp. Illustrated with period engravings. Former owner's stamp (very old) in 3 places on two blank preliminary leaves. His name was Franklin P. Crandall, of Rhode Island. A classic 19th Century travel book with vivid descriptions & social commentary. The author's itinerary started in Raleigh, NC & brought him through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, & finally to Los Angeles. Cover edges worn through along fore edges; top of spine nipped exposing top edge of text block; triangular stain to bottom corner of text throughout, ranging from short to long; back hinge just starting. Nevertheless a tight copy & scarce in the 1st edition. Cowan p498, Howes P537, Zamorano 80 #61.

Columbian Book Company, Hartford, CT, 1872. 8 1/8 X 5 1/2" in green cloth with gilt cover decoration. EX-LIBRARY. Covers a bit soiled and discolored, but not bad considering age. Spine somewhat faded. top of spine fraying. Front hinge just starting to crack. Engraved illustrations. The author walked across the U.S. beginning in N.C. and ending in California. The old west as seen through the eyes of a traveler 133 years ago. D.D.. F. Hardcover.

Hartford, Connecticut: Columbian Book Company, 1884. Second edition, 1884. Victorian era travel in the American Southwest, illustrated with full page engravings. Emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, 8" tall, 327 pages plus publisher's ad. Extremities rubbed with some light fraying to the spine ends, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound but no longer tight, pages a little age-toned but clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, CT.: Columbian Book Company, 1872. xvi, 327pp. Crown octavo. Bound in half dark brown morocco leather and marbled boards; four raised bands and five compartments to the spine stamped with gold gilt lettering and decorations. Dark gray endpapers that look to be newer than the binding, though no other signs of restoration found. Gold gilt to the top edge of the text block. Heavily illustrated with full page and in-text black and white engravings. Some wear to the boards with a bit of rubbing along the edges and some abrasions to the leather on the fore and top edge of the front board. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and signature to the verso of the front fly-leaf. Internally clean and an overall very good copy. All other copies listed online at the time this one was catalogued are bound in publisher's cloth, which leads us to believe that this copy was rebound at some point, though the binding is contemporary to the book. The majority of the illustrations… Read More

Austin, TX: The Book Club of Texas, 1995., 1995. Limited to 300 numbered copies, this being # 23. A reprint of theColumbian Book Company 1884 edition. 4to. Frontispiece portrait. xxxv, 368 pp. Illustrated with engravings by True W. Williams and others, including a fold-out map. Original blue cloth. Publisher's prospectus laid in. This is a very fine book w/o DJ as published.. Hardcover. As New.

Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea By the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, etc. By Stephen Powers. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1872"These were the happiest days of my life..in the large liberty and lawlessness of the prairies..." [from the Preface]
Condition: This original cloth hardcover is shown in the photographs. Binding is secure, toning is minimal, and no stamps, crimps or writing was found within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Hartford: Columbian Book Company. Very Good+. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Red pictorial cloth. Wear to edges, spine ends, and points. Split to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Columbian Book Company, 1872. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Original green cloth, water spot approximately 1 inch in diameter below the vignette on the front cover, boards showing on tips and some edges, hinges strong, text clean and unmarked, overall a very good minus copy. First edition. Zamorano Eighty 61: "A highly interesting book by the first man, probably, who ever walked alone from one coast to the other. The author, an amateur ethnologist, describes vividly the country through which he traveled. Of particular value are his descriptions of southern California. He walked from Raleigh, N.C., to San Francisco, a distance of 3,556 miles. So keen were his observations of the Indian tribes of California that his notes were published some five years later by the U.S. Department of Interior.Afoot and Alone appeared in but one edition, but it became so popular and was so widely read that it is today almost impossible to find a fine copy." Cowan p. 498. Graff 3339. Howes P537 citing… Read More

Hartford: Columbian Book Company, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xvi, 17-327 pages. One page publishers advertisement. Frontispiece illustration. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with gilt illustration stamped on front cover. Gilt stamped title on spine. Light brown spots on the rear end sheets. Light edge wear to cloth extremities. Binding cords sometimes visible in the text. Text block is secure and uniform. Author's travel narrative locations include Raleigh, Charleston, Savannah, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Selma, Meridian, Vicksburg, Shreveport, Athens, Marshall, Waxahatchie, Franklin (El Paso), Tucson, Los Angeles. Last page has a small illustration of the Golden Gate. Howes P 537; Sabin 64804; Graff 3339.

The Book Club Of Texas, Austin.. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1995. Limited Edition of 300. Hardcover. Edited and with an introduction by Hardwood P. Hinton. An early travel memoir by a young journalist who in 1868 set out by foot from Raleigh, North Carolina, to see "new men and new lands". Powell made a special effort to contact the common folk along the way. His was the last foot excursion across the continent before the railroads. This publication by the Book Club of Texas was designed and printed by Patrick Reagh of Glendale, California. The edition is limited to 300 copies and is noted on the limitation pages that this is review copy #7. 71/4 in. X 10 1/4 in. The book has 11 plates printed in dark sepia, numerous vignettes, a double page fold out map showing Powers' route, a bibliography of Power's writing, and an index. Blue cloth hardback. Issued without a dust jacket. A superbly constructed and printed book. Book is in Fine condition. ; 7 1/4 in. x 10 1/4… Read More

Hartford: Columbian Book Company, 1872., 1872. First edition. First edition. 8vo, Brown cloth, titles and device stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, xvi, 17 - 327 pp., plus 2 pages, prefatory, frontispiece, illustrated, plates, advertisement. Cowan says "The author later famous as a distinguished ethnologist, journeyed from Raleigh to San Francisco, a distance of 3556 miles. Although occasionally overdone, his descriptions are entertaining and frequently amusing." Eberstadt 104: 256 says "This book, while common, is among the best pieces of descriptive literature relating to American travel." Best of the West 185 says "He describes in detail his journey through Texas ("the Texans do everything for honor, but nothing for justice"), Arizona and New Mexico, and on to California, including observations of gold mining, 'California girls,' and the glories of San Francisco. This is an entertaining account which gives a good picture of the Southwest and South… Read More