J. H. Colton's School Atlas, Designed To Accompany Colton's American School Geography Comprising Upwards of One Hundred Steel Plate Maps, Profiles and Plans
by Colton, G. Woolworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Ivison, Phinney & Co, 1860. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. A very well preserved copy in original pictorial paper, brown cloth spine. Large 4to, 11 pages of text and charts, 35 full page colored maps, the last double-truck. Cover states the atlas is "designed to accompany Colton's American School Geography". The covers are soiled with shallow loss head of spine. Insides shows little if any signs of use. Rear cover is a publisher list titled at top "The American Educational Series" Original owner's name in florid contemporary script dated 1865 on the ffe. A solid, unsophisticated copy.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011950
- Title
- J. H. Colton's School Atlas, Designed To Accompany Colton's American School Geography Comprising Upwards of One Hundred Steel Plate Maps, Profiles and Plans
- Author
- Colton, G. Woolworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Ivison, Phinney & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1860
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BIB-WEEK-VBF , ,
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About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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