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One Hundred Twenty-Five Years in the Paper Business: 1819-1944, being a brief history of the founding of the paper business of the Alling & Cory Company, together with an account of its growth; and, Paper: a Brief Account of How it is Made
by Alling, Joseph T.; The Alling & Cory Company
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
The Alling & Cory Company, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Good ; Fair Jacket. 1944 The Alling & Cory Company, Rochester, New York. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Oversize hardcover, 7.2 x 10.75 inches, has tan paper-covered boards with cream cloth-covered spine and brown cover lettering. Deckle fore edges. Tan and white illustrated endpapers depict "The Concord Coach" and "The Rochester Packet Boat." Black & white photograph portraits; black illustrations on sepia backgrounds. 76 pages. Pages 1-39 are the History and pages 40-76 are "Paper: a Brief Account of How it is Made" by Joseph T. Alling. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have a few light smudges and some soiling to the bottom edge. Back cover has some indentations and a short scratch. The sepia background of the illustrations has transferred to the opposite pages somewhat. Plain, thin paper dust jacket with no title or other labels is present but is soiled and has a few tears to the back panel. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13183
- Title
- One Hundred Twenty-Five Years in the Paper Business: 1819-1944, being a brief history of the founding of the paper business of the Alling & Cory Company, together with an account of its growth; and, Paper: a Brief Account of How it is Made
- Author
- Alling, Joseph T.; The Alling & Cory Company
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- The Alling & Cory Company
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Business,Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Business;
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