Title: New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean
Author: Bell, William A.
Description: lxix, [2], 564, [1] pp. Illustrated with 20 color lithograph plates including frontispiece; 3 black and white botanical plates; plus numerous wood engravings and 2 color maps including a folding map of the South-Western portion of the United States and of Sonora and Chihuahua. 8½x5½, original blind-stamped purple cloth, rebacked with original gilt-lettered spine laid down, hinges expertly repaired. Second Edition."Contains firsthand accounts of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico" - Graff 246; Cowan p.45; Howes B330; Rader 330.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Date Published: 1870
Author: Bell, William A.
Description: lxix, [2], 564, [1] pp. Illustrated with 20 color lithograph plates including frontispiece; 3 black and white botanical plates; plus numerous wood engravings and 2 color maps including a folding map of the South-Western portion of the United States and of Sonora and Chihuahua. 8½x5½, original blind-stamped purple cloth, rebacked with original gilt-lettered spine laid down, hinges expertly repaired. Second Edition."Contains firsthand accounts of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico" - Graff 246; Cowan p.45; Howes B330; Rader 330.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Date Published: 1870
Condition report
Scattered sunning, mild insect wear to margins, chipping to original spine, corners bumped; light foxing, marginal dampstains to plates, early owner's signature; else good.
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Americana - Travel & Exploration
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