A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States: United States Geological Survey Charles D. Walcott, Director. Department of the Interior Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey No. 160.
by Gannett, Henry (compiler)
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1899. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 775 pages, x advertisements, [1] pages. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Cloth is edge worn and split on the joints. Binding is shaken with cords exposed. Contents are not yet loose. Light soiling to the front cover. Previous owner name stamp on the right front flyleaf.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14789
- Title
- A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States
- Author
- Gannett, Henry (compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1899
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...