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Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village
by Espy, Willard R
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517521962
- ISBN 13
- 9780517521960
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Earl Thollander. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated by Earl Thollander. Handsome binding of tan full cloth with bright and bold gilt titles, very clean and spotless, tight & solid, square with sharp corners, publisher's green tint on all edges of text block, top edge partially faded. Inner hinge partially cracked. Winter decorative stamps on upper corner of page with other books by the author and half-title page. Jacket has tag on spine but no other indication of library book. Internals very clean and free of any markings, no creases. Willard Espy's memoir is delightful, filled with memorable characters, with no celebrities, from his family trove of people over the centuries, from witches in Salem, Massachusetts, to pioneer oystermen on the Pacific coast of Washington state. Drawing on conversations with aged relations and friends, on historic letters and documents, Willard Espy reconstructs his own personal past to provide an account of his family that was born, grew up, and died, as the United States was being born, shaped, formed, explored, expanded. Text of book is set in Caledonia; paper used for text is Hammermill Offset. Designed by Ladislav Svatos. 300 pages. 10.1 x 6.75 inches. Clarkson N Potter Publishers, New York, 1977.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018920
- Title
- Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village
- Author
- Espy, Willard R
- Illustrator
- Earl Thollander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517521962
- ISBN 13
- 9780517521960
- Publisher
- Clarkson N. Potter Publishers
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- NORTH AMERICAN GREAT BASIN; PACIFIC SLOPE; ESPY FAMILY; OYSTERVILLE, WASHINGTON;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- 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...
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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