The Mississippi Valley: Its Physical Geography, including sketches of the topography, botany, climate, geology, and mineral resorces
by Foster, J. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: S.G. Griggs, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Original green cloth. with gold lettering on spine. 443 pages, index. Portrait of author tipped on verso of half-title page. Signed, inscribed by author to his sister, May 1, 1869. Some offsetting on front and rear orange endpapers. Small crack starting on rear pastedown near gutter. Edgewear on spine tips, on bottom edges, and on bent board corners.
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- Old Algonquin Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16541
- Title
- The Mississippi Valley: Its Physical Geography, including sketches of the topography, botany, climate, geology, and mineral resorces
- Author
- Foster, J. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- S.G. Griggs
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- geology, mississippi, great planes, US geography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography;
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Arvada, Colorado
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