Title: Snow-Shoe Thompson: 1856-1876 Author: [Wright, William] De Quille, Dan Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Glen Dawson Date: 1954 Description: Preface by Carroll D. Hall. With linoleum block illustration on title, printed in green. Hand-set in Bulmer types. (12mo) 18x14 cm (7x5½"), decorative paper over white boards, acetate. 1 of 210 copies printed on French Arches paper by Lewis & Dorothy Allen. Account by Mark Twain's cohort of the near-mythical mail carrier who delivered his parcels across the Sierra Nevada, often in winter, on his "Norwegian skates." Issued as number XLIV in Dawson's Early California Travels Series. Allen Press 14. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight darkening to spine, rubbing to corners, some rust residue from a paperclip on front free endpaper, along with some brief pencil notes; else near fine. Item number: 272195
Title: Snow-Shoe Thompson: 1856-1876 Author: [Wright, William] De Quille, Dan Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Glen Dawson Date: 1954 Description: Preface by Carroll D. Hall. With linoleum block illustration on title, printed in green. Hand-set in Bulmer types. (12mo) 18x14 cm (7x5½"), decorative paper over white boards, acetate. 1 of 210 copies printed on French Arches paper by Lewis & Dorothy Allen. Account by Mark Twain's cohort of the near-mythical mail carrier who delivered his parcels across the Sierra Nevada, often in winter, on his "Norwegian skates." Issued as number XLIV in Dawson's Early California Travels Series. Allen Press 14. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight darkening to spine, rubbing to corners, some rust residue from a paperclip on front free endpaper, along with some brief pencil notes; else near fine. Item number: 272195
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