Border States of Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihua Hua and Durango...A Complete Guide for Travelers and Emigrants.
by Hamilton, Leonidas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Author, 1882. Exploitation of Mexican resources made simple, "A Complete Description of the Best Regions for the Settler, Miner and the Advance Guard of American Civilization", third edition, revised & enlarged. Evidently the precursor to the author's Mexican Handbook; scarce. Hardcover, full brown cloth, gilt cover titling, blind-stamped decor. General edgewear and rubbing, two holes in spine, corners bumped, scratch on back, two small stains on front. Text clean, binding sound. 226 pages + 4 pages of railroad and mining gear ads, a few illustrations. . Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6" by 8¾".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u1706
- Title
- Border States of Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihua Hua and Durango...A Complete Guide for Travelers and Emigrants.
- Author
- Hamilton, Leonidas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Author
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Mining, Travel, Central America, Mexico
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metals, Metallurgy & Mining;
- Size
- 6" by 8¾"
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.