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Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: pp. xix, 326. 8vo. Bound in original grey-brown speckled cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and gilt-embossed buffalo on the front board. With the original pictorial title page and seven other tissue-guarded, black-&-white illustrations. Two pages of advertising at end removed. October, 1853, signature of former owner inside front board; gift inscript. dated 1895 opposite. Book shows spine slant, with small tear to cloth at top of front joint, wear to edges, hinges split but binding holding. Very minor foxing to margins. Overall, in quite good condition for age, now seldom seen in original binding. An early classic of western adventure, hunting and exploration. Howes P43; Rader 1578; Sabin 58333; Smith 7856; Storm 3168.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Price: US$506.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce item, particularly in original binding. Original spotted cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt vignette of bison to front board. Light stain to rear board. Corners bumped. Spine has discoloured slightly with age and is bumped top/bottom. The page edges are rough cut. Slightly cocked. Frontis and engraved vignette title page and 6 other full page illustrations, as called for. Both inner hinges cracked but holding. Textblock has one or two grubby marks but is generally clean. 326 pp + adverts. Previous owner's mark to half-title page. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 533g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £14.35 (Europe) and £24.70 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 011567:15(1e)) Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall 533 G
Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, United Kingdom
PALLISER, John. Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies. , 1853.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: PALLISER, John. Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies. London: John Murray, 1853. 1st ed. xiv, 326 pp. Frontis, engraved title page, illus. Later 19th-century cloth. Light wear to spine ends, cloth faded, else a very good copy. HOWES P-43, "aa." Graff 3168. Wagner-Camp 228:1. Rader 2578. Palliser travelled to the U.S. to hunt in the West and the Northwest among the Indians. This, his first book, was based on his first hunting expedition--11 months hunting buffalo, elk, antelope, and grizzly bear.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
PALLISER, John. Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies. , 1853.
Price: US$715.00 + shipping
Description: PALLISER, John. Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies. London: John Murray, 1853. 1st ed. xiv, 326 pp. Frontis, engraved title page, illus. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Rebacked, orig. spine laid down, corners worn, light uniform toning, and small amount of faint scattered foxing, else a very good copy. HOWES P-43, "aa." Graff 3168. Wagner-Camp 228:1. Rader 2578. Palliser travelled to the U.S. to hunt in the West and the Northwest among the Indians. This, his first book, was based on his first hunting expedition--11 months hunting buffalo, elk, antelope, and grizzly bear.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
PALLISER, John.. Solitary Rambles And Adventures Of A Hunter In The Prairies.. John Murray, 1853.
Price: US$716.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover, (xvi), 326, (2)pp. ads. With 7 plates (including frontispiece). Bookplate, inner hinges cracked, last page carelessly opened with loss to margin, wear to the top of the spine with a bit of loss in the gutter but this is still a very good copy, much nicer than it sounds. Sabin 58333, Howes P43, Lande 375.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$854.21 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 326, [2]ads. 8 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis. & additional title vignette). with half-title. contemporary polished calf, rebacked with gilt spine mounted, all edges gilt (scratch on upper cover). First Edition of this account of a hunting tour of the American west made in 1847-48. Palliser is best remembered as the commander of a British government expedition sent to explore the Canadian west between the Red River and the Rocky Mountains, south of the Saskatchewan River, 1857-60. Graff 3168 (incorrect collation). Howes P-43 (incorrect collation). Lande 1375. Rader 2578. Sabin 58333. Smith 7856 (also lacking plate list). Wagner-Camp 228.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. [xvi], 326, [2] ads; 7 engraved plates including frontispiece; small chip to foot of spine, names in ink to front endpapers, a bit shaken, still about very good and sound in original decorative black and white cloth gilt. Palliser (1807-1887) is best known for his explorations of the 49° and 50° parallels in North America (1857-1860) which helped determine the boundary between the United States and Canada. In 1847 Palliser traveled to the U.S. to hunt in the west and northwest among the Indians. Howes H43. Sabin 58333.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.