Chamisso Abelbert (2 results)
More imagesPublished by The Book Club of California, San Francisco 1936
- Hardcover
Seller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. 250 copies printed by The Grabhorn Press. Preface by Oscar Lewis. 15 3/4 x 10; frontispiece reproducing a colored drawing by Choris; i-vi, 1-16pp.; bound in orange boards with red cloth back, lettered in gilt. six full page colored drawings. Spine cloth faded; rubbing to leading corne…r tips with wear through on the top and bottom of front cover; offset tanning to endpapers Von Chamisso (1781-1838), a German naturalist of French descent went to California in 1816 with the first expedition of Kotzebue's voyage into the South Sea and Beering's Straits. Of the several accounts of that voyage, von Chamisso's is the most detailed and of general interest regarding their stay in the bay of San Francisco.
Published by The Book Club of California. 1936 [1822]., San Francisco. 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.BookMine
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies, Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 17 pps.
