Karns Harry J (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition, No. 708 of 1500. :: From the Francisco Fernández del Castillo version. :: The first published English translation of "Luz de Tierra Incógnita", the diary of Captain Juan Mateo Manje, an account of trips of exploration and the founding of the first European settlements in northern Sonora, Mexico and part of the Gadsden Purchase that lies within the state of Arizona. :: Include black & white photographs and large, beautiful fold-out three color map of Pimería Alta tucked in back. :: Bound in publisher's black cloth, front board bears title, author, and translator in dull-gold. Title, translator, and publisher lettered in dull-gold upon spine. Octavo (9 5/16 x 6 3/16 inches; 236157 millimeters). 303 pages. Grade: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Corners rounded, prior owners information and personal library stamps upon front free endpaper. Endpapers and pages faintly age-toned. Dust jacket is age-faded and worn along edges with small tears and chips, flaking at hinges. Larger vertical tear top front hinge at spine, measuring 1 1/4 inches (33 millimeters). Please visit our photographs. William Harrison Bryant (Illustrative Sketches by); Don Bufkin (Maps by) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG, lacking the dust jacket. Includes fold-out map in rear pocket. Black boards with gold titles. Inscribed on blank endpaper: "Lavina Lowell from Harry Karns". Inscribed by Author(s).