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Thomes On Land and Sea Illustrated by Hassam

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