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Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana: Containing Portraits of All The Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each, a Condensed History of the State of Indiana, Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State, Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Jay and Blackford Counties...and a Concise History of Jay and Blackford Counties and Their Cities and Villages
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1887. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth binding ex-library with usual stamps & markings; card pocket removed front paste-down, number inked on backstrip; binding rubbed at extremities; backstrip sunned; boards lightly scuffed & smudged; leaf edges, some margins foxed. No dust jacket. ; Many black & white portrait illustrations, page decorations; in mid-20th century cloth rebinding.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 901 pages .
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- Seller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 51783
- Title
- Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana: Containing Portraits of All The Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each, a Condensed History of the State of Indiana, Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State, Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Jay and Blackford Counties...and a Concise History of Jay and Blackford Counties and Their Cities and Villages
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Lewis Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1887
- Bookseller catalogs
- OGC: History;
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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