A Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America
by Gabriel Franchere
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Citadel Press, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Explorer Gabriel Franchere's 1811-1812 diary leaving Montreal to the Columbia River and Astoria via Cape Horn, landing in Hawaii with visit with King Tamehamema, account of overland return to Montreal. 318 pages. Book: Fine black cloth with white titles on spine, tight and square, bright aqua topstain, previous owners name and address on first free page, very clean copy. Jacket $7.50 price in tact, Fine condition with very light wear to corners, nice front panel illustration. Very presentable copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000138
- Title
- A Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America
- Author
- Gabriel Franchere
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Citadel Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Exploration, Astoria, Columbia River, Pacific Northwest History
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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