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A History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contiguous Territory (with Daughters of the Confederacy application & family tree laid in)
by Johnston, David E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Huntington, WV: David E. Johnston, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (9"x6.25"). 500pp. +index. Tan/dark brown pictorial cloth-covered boards. Heavily rubbed, heavily soiled boards, tail edges heavily rubbed. Areas of color/cloth loss to spine extremes. Interior foxed and toned. Paper repair to front pdep. 3" crack to rear hinge with mull exposed, crack to gutter at page 30 of the index. B&W frontis, B&W plates. Previous owner's name and family history notes to ffep. (family tree and application for membership to the Daughters of the Confederacy application filled out and dated 1935, laid in). Covered in seller's mylar (no dj. as issued).
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3946
- Title
- A History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contiguous Territory (with Daughters of the Confederacy application & family tree laid in)
- Author
- Johnston, David E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- David E. Johnston
- Place of Publication
- Huntington, WV
- Date Published
- 1906
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near 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....
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