KIT CARSON THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON - Burdett - 1860 -HC -
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KIT CARSON THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON charles burdett 1860 1st ed! hardcover HB rare! Philadelphia: DW Evans NY USA, 1860. 374pp. plus 22pp. advertisements and six plates (including frontispiece). Original decorative embossed cloth, spine gilt. Cloth sunned, faded, tanned pages, some light stains. spine ends frayed, corners worn. spine gilt faded. clean text, solid spine, Overall a very good plus copy. Biography of this western legend who accompanied Fremont. fully illustrated. "This work is largely a compilation of stories and legends. Parts are taken from Fremont and DeWitt Peters" - Wagner-Camp. has a couple very old signatures at first pre-title page. This first edition is rather scarce!
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KIT CARSON. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON, THE CELEBRATED ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER, TRAPPER, AND GUIDE. TOGETHER WITH HIS HUNTING EXPLOITS, THRILLING ADVENTURES, AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES AMONG THE INDIANS. ALSO, HIS SERVICES RENDERED THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS, UNDER COL. J.C. FREMONT AND OTHERS
KIT CARSON THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON charles burdett 1860 1st ed! hardcover HB rare! Philadelphia: DW Evans NY USA, 1860. 374pp. plus 22pp. advertisements and six plates (including frontispiece). Original decorative embossed cloth, spine gilt. Cloth sunned, faded, tanned pages, some light stains. spine ends frayed, corners worn. spine gilt faded. clean text, solid spine, Overall a very good plus copy. Biography of this western legend who accompanied Fremont. fully illustrated. "This work is largely a compilation of stories and legends. Parts are taken from Fremont and DeWitt Peters" - Wagner-Camp. has a couple very old signatures at first pre-title page. This first edition is rather scarce!
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KIT CARSON. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON, THE CELEBRATED ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUNTER, TRAPPER, AND GUIDE. TOGETHER WITH HIS HUNTING EXPLOITS, THRILLING ADVENTURES, AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES AMONG THE INDIANS. ALSO, HIS SERVICES RENDERED THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS, UNDER COL. J.C. FREMONT AND OTHERS
KIT CARSON THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER CARSON charles burdett 1860 1st ed! hardcover HB rare! Philadelphia: DW Evans NY USA, 1860. 374pp. plus 22pp. advertisements and six plates (including frontispiece). Original decorative embossed cloth, spine gilt. Cloth sunned, faded, tanned pages, some light stains. spine ends frayed, corners worn. spine gilt faded. clean text, solid spine, Overall a very good plus copy. Biography of this western legend who accompanied Fremont. fully illustrated. "This work is largely a compilation of stories and legends. Parts are taken from Fremont and DeWitt Peters" - Wagner-Camp. has a couple very old signatures at first pre-title page. This first edition is rather scarce!
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