THE NEW PRACTICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
by Sylvester, Charles H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- P/NONE
- Seller
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Watkins Glen, New York, United States
Item Price
NZ$25.26NZ$20.21
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About This Item
Hanson-Bellows. P/NONE. 1913. Hardcover. This book is SELLING AS IS. Heavy leather/cloth boards almost separated from text. SPINE ENTIRELY GONE. Text is loose but still quite together. From 'H' to 'Moors'. Coupe of rear pages have title corners missing. Lots of old information. Full page color illustrations includeprotective mimicry of insects showing moth and wasp; composite of the lumber industry from camp to mill; iron and steel from mine to ingots; rubber industry composite showing rabber tree tapping by native woman to leaves and seeds to products; American Indian composite showing 13 tribes from Mandan to Eskimo. Full page b/w or sepia photos include Nathanial Hawthorne's homes; 2 photos of the dam of the Truckee-Carson irrigation project; Washington Irving; Stonewall Jackson; St Bernard; Robert E Lee; Lincoln; composite of 9 contemporaneous writers; ; Longfellow & home; woorwork from manual training schools; suspended monorail in Germany. All info is double columned. ; Vol. 3; 61/2x93/4; Unpaginated pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10634
- Title
- THE NEW PRACTICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
- Author
- Sylvester, Charles H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - P/NONE
- Publisher
- Hanson-Bellows
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Encyclopedia History Native, American Indians Hawthorne, Nature India Irrigation Lumber, Mono-rail Rubber Steel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Encyclopedia;
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Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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Watkins Glen, New York
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