Title: Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. Author: Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military ...
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Title: Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. Author: Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP02825000 CollectionID: CTRG99-B198 PublicationDate: 18480101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Collation: 312 p.; 20 cm
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Add this copy of Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Novel Ideas Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Rio Grande Press.
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Good with no dust jacket. 0873801261. The spine has been glued to the back of the page block causing a wrinkling of the spine cloth when opening--cosmetic defect. The folding mapin the rear has minor wear from mis-folding.; Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 332 pages.
Add this copy of Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. to cart. $21.06, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2012 by Gale, Sabin Americana.
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Add this copy of Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains to cart. $95.00, good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1849 by London: John Murray.
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Good. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Rebacked, with original spine retained. Some edge wear / rubbing. viii, 332 p., 31 pages of ads. 18 cm. Minor Scattered staining. A view of Mexico (and America) from a British traveler during the time of the Mexican-American War. Ruxton (1821-1848) was a British soldier, explorer, and travel writer. In 1846, he went to Mexico to observe the Mexican War, then he traveled north through Texas to Santa Fe, and Colorado. Quite an interesting account of a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. Ruxton provides a wealth of information about current attitudes of Mexicans for Americans, the manners and customs of the people. Sabin 2107 (1848, NY printing). 1st English ed. Eberstadt 114: 890. Wagner-Camp 139: 3. Howes R-553.
Add this copy of Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1849 by John Murray.
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Very good. viii, 332pp. 12mo, 20th century 3/4 black morocco, edge of back board rubbed, otherwise very good. London: John Murray, 1849 "Contains valuable accounts of pioneer life; the Indians, mines, beaver and buffalo hunting, etc. Describes the author's journey through Texas, New Mexico...down the Missouri to St. Louis..." Eberstadt 114: 890. Wagner-Camp 139: 3. Howes R-553.
