| Author | Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928.
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| Title | Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897 : the romance of voyage and discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America ; inland to the Ohio country ; on toward the Mississippi ; through to California ; over Chilkoot Pass to the gold fields of Alaska / being a selection of books from the library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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| Published | New York : W.E. Rudge, 1928.
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| Description | 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
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| General Note | Includes index.
"Two hundred copies for sale of this first edition printed by William Edwin Rudge ... Typography of title-page by Bruce Rogers. Number 198."
Annotated catalogue: 300 titles arranged in chronological order according to date of publication.
"With the advice of Wilberforce Eames this catalogue was made by Helen Fagg."
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: Haas 145.; Oxford 366.
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| Subjects | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Bibliography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Bibliography.
Rare books.
United States -- Description and travel -- Bibliography.
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| Other Authors | Fagg, Helen.
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957.
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| LC Card Number | 29-216 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: Z 1207 J77 Oversize
MQ33230 v.1 c.1: LC class oversize, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
MQ242666 v.2 c.1: LC class oversize, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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