From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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317pp. Small quarto. Contemporary three-quarter polished calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather labels. Head of backstrip chipped, calf a bit scuffed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Overall, a near fine copy. From an edition limited to 100 copies specially printed on large paper, numbered and signed by the printers, R. & R. Clark. This copy is number 56. Stevenson travelled overland from New York to San Francisco in 1879 on the Union and Central Pacific railroads; his daily journal herein first published in book form was originally presented in LONGMANS in two issues in 1883. Stevenson's trip was generally without incident, but he incorporates an account written by a young man who travelled by ox team to California in 1859 whose trip was by no means a safe one. The plains fascinated Stevenson, as did the native inhabitants for whom he felt a pronounced feeling of outrage due to their victimization by the encroachment of White men. Also present is an essay on his visit to Monterey, and various other travel pieces, though relating chiefly to Europe and the Pacific islands. PRIDEAUX 33. Seller Inventory # WRCAM476
Bibliographic Details
Title: ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH OTHER MEMORIES AND ...
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London
Publication Date: 1892
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