Down the Islands, A Voyage to the Caribbees
by PATON, William Agnew
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. M.J. BURNS. [TRAVEL] [ILLUSTRATED] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE]. M.J. BURNS, illustrator.
First edition. 8vo; 300, [3]pp + [8]pp publisher's ads; tan cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, pictorial of a ship between palm trees on the front in red; all edges gilt; brown eps; b&w fp with tissue guard + map of the Caribbee or Windward Islands and 14 additional full page illustrations, other illustrations in the text; historiated initials; fine.
First edition. 8vo; 300, [3]pp + [8]pp publisher's ads; tan cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, pictorial of a ship between palm trees on the front in red; all edges gilt; brown eps; b&w fp with tissue guard + map of the Caribbee or Windward Islands and 14 additional full page illustrations, other illustrations in the text; historiated initials; fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1964
- Title
- Down the Islands, A Voyage to the Caribbees
- Author
- PATON, William Agnew
- Illustrator
- M.J. BURNS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
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