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12:00 PM PT - Sep 11th, 2008
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Title: On Land and Sea
Author: Thomes, William H. Description: [2], iv, 5-351 pp. Illustrated with chapter headpieces by F. Childe Hassam. 7¾x5, original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering. First Edition.Scarce portrayal of early California "cast in the form of an adventure story, but based on personal experiences; as an authentic picture of California in the early 'forties comparable to Dana's classic narrative" - Howes. Cowan refers only to the 1892 edition. Cowan p.635; Howes T185. Heading: Place Published: Boston Publisher: DeWolfe, Fiske and Company Date Published: 1884 Condition reportSpine darkened, spine tips and corners rubbed; endpapers replaced; occasional foxing, else good.
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