The White Hills Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry. Second Edition, Second Printing of 1868 Original hardcover.
by Thomas Starr King
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Crosby & Ainsworth, 1868 A nice example of this classic in beveled dark Blue cloth bds., 403 illustrated pages & 60 etchings. A few interior stamps and bookplate remains inside front cover, slightly cocked, and a bit worn/soiled still wuite nice looking outside with clean text and illustrations. NOTE: Bent's on page 2. Bent stated that this ("although written more than 50 years ago") was "still the best book about the White Mountains". Thomas Starr King's portrait consequently adorns Bent's Guide as Frontispiece. PS, If you do not already have a copy of Bent's Bibliography of the White Mountains..... you should get one! PUBLISHING NOTES: This was publish in first edition (First Printing) in North Conway, NH and Boston by Andrews, some bear both town names, The second printing dropped No. Conway to read just Boston. In 1960 Crosby & Nichols took possession of the publishing rights and put out several more printings. In 1865/6 (Second Edition) it changed again to Crosby & Ainsworth and then to Woolworth, Ainsworth & Company in 1869. In 1870 the much larger company of Hurd & Houghton (Cambridge) took over. After that I have lost track.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Moose
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024388
- Title
- The White Hills Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry. Second Edition, Second Printing of 1868 Original hardcover.
- Author
- Thomas Starr King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Crosby & Ainsworth
- Date Published
- 1868
- Bookseller catalogs
- White Mountains;
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The Book Moose
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Lincoln, New Hampshire
About The Book Moose
The White Mountains of New Hampshire, mostly non-fiction, maps, early guides and view-books, Many maps of The White Mountains, counties, state, etc…, photos, CDV's, stereo views, illustrations, Original Birdseye views, etc. of the White Mountains and New Hampshire in general. We boast the largest collection of material concerning at the White Mountains that is for sale anywhere in the United States.
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