Lake Pontchartrain
by Roberts, W. Adolphe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946. First Edition. First printing Near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only hints of rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. The sixth volume in The American Lakes Series. Edited by Milo M. Quaife. 376 pages including an index, bibliographical notes, appendices and text. (Fitzgerald, AL8)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32985
- Title
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Author
- Roberts, W. Adolphe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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.
- 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....