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Saint-Amant Madame. Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon. L. Maison, Paris, 1854.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original wraps worn and torn, covers detached, binding perished, scattered mostly minor foxing. Very good internally and with both maps, one folding - well illustrated. Now neatly housed in a brown cloth slipcase and matching chemise. The author published a 48pp pamphlet about her trip to California three years before. Howes S20 ("Most comprehensive and reliable French description of the Pacific coast at this time"), Sabin 74989. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; Exploration. Inventory No: 045064.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 25 x 16 cm, lii, 651 pp., with two maps one folding, several full page or 3/4 page illustrations, avant-propos, notes et pieces justicictives, map Chemin de Fer de l'Isthme de Panama, map Oregon Territoire aux Etats-Unis 1851-1852, [Sabin 74989. Howes 8899. F. Monaghan 1289. Howell III 776]. The author was French envoy to USA at Sacremento from1851-1852. "The most comprehensive and reliable contemporary French description of California, including observations on mining, industry, natural history, and the varied population. There is also a long account of the author's journey into the Oregon Territory, similarly detailed and comprehensive" . Largely uncut and unopened, front wrapper detached and binding broken in two places but absolutely complete and could be restored.
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
SAINT-AMANT Pierre Charles Fournier de. Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon. L. Maison, 1854.
Price: US$889.44 + shipping
Description: - L. Maison, Paris 1854, 17x25cm, broché sous étui. - Edition originale. Ouvrage illustré de 2 cartes. Dos fendu comportant de petits manques essentiellement en tête, premier plat volant, petits manques angulaires sur les plats, quelques rousseurs. Rare exemplaire présenté sous un étui qui le protège. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition. With two maps. Spine cracked with small lacks principally at head, upper cover detached, small angular lacks to covers, a little foxing. A rare copy, housed in a protective case.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France