The Long Haul West: The Great Canal Era, 1817-1850
by Waggoner, Madeline Sadler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958 Quarter Buckram. Fair/Fair. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo. 320 pages with bibliography and index. Review copy with flier laid in. Signed by Waggoner on half-title. Blue boards and orange cloth binding with black lettering; illustrated end sheets. Shelfworn; loose binding. Edgewear to jacket, including chips and tears at head and tail of spine; foxing on reverse of jacket. Text is clean..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 997097
- Title
- The Long Haul West: The Great Canal Era, 1817-1850
- Author
- Waggoner, Madeline Sadler
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958
- Keywords
- CANALS
Terms of Sale
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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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...