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By horse, stage & packet : the Far West letters of Joseph Pratt Allyn /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allyn, Joseph Pratt, 1833-1869 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Greenwood Press (San Francisco, Calif.), Patrick Reagh Printers (Printer)
Other Authors: Nicolson, John, 1927- (Editor), Strate, David K. (David Kay) (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Book Club of California, 1988.
Series:Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 187.
Subjects:
Allyn, Joseph Pratt, > 1833-1869 > Travel > California.
Allyn, Joseph Pratt, > 1833-1869 > Travel > West (U.S.)
Allyn, Joseph Pratt, > 1833-1869 > Correspondence.
Allyn, Joseph Pratt, > 1833-1869.
California > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Travel.
California.
West United States.
Personal correspondence.
Rare books.
Description
Item Description:Letters originally published in the Hartford evening press, 1863-1866.
"Designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press, San Francisco. Printed on Mohawk Superfine and set in Monotype Kis-Janson types by Patrick Reagh Printers. Binding by Bela Blau."--Colophon.
"Edition limited to 450 copies"--Colophon.
"Joseph Pratt Allyn--a brief biography": pages xiv-xxiii.
Physical Description:xxiii, 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 10 illustrations, 1 portrait ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.