Adventures in Americana 1492-1897. The romance of voyage and discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the gold fields of Alaska. Being a selection of books from the library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a preface by Wilberforce Eames.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. Accompanied by the supplemental third volume: Americana collection of Herschel V. Jones. A check-list [1473-1926] compiled by Wilberforce Eames, New York: privately printed by William E. Rudge's Sons, 1938. Together 3 volumes, folio, edition limited to 200 copies, numerous facsimiles throughout, a fine set in orig. black cloth gilt, t.e.g., first two volumes in the publisher's box. Jones (1861-1928) bought The Minneapolis Journal in 1908 and he remained associated with that paper for the rest of his life. He is perhaps best remembered, however, as a bibliophile, and among other collections, assembled one of the greatest collections of Americana ever, here memorialized and described in detail. Item #21080
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