Potash in North America [Inscribed by Author to Frank Porter Graham]
by Turrentine, J. W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1943. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 186 pages, indexed. First edition hardcover bound in blue cloth. Binding is lightly rubbed, with a light scuff on front cover. Spine is sunned. Headcap is bumped. Author has written inscription to Frank Porter Graham on front flyleaf. Text has a few smudged pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035219
- Title
- Potash in North America [Inscribed by Author to Frank Porter Graham]
- Author
- Turrentine, J. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Reinhold Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1943; J W Turrentine; Potash; North America; Signed; Rare; Collectible; First Edition. Chemistry; Engineering; Frank Porter Graham
- Bookseller catalogs
- North Carolina; Geology; Engineering;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...