United States Dry Goods Directory & Adviser
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: United States Dry Goods Directory Co.. Good. 1868. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt imprint, illustration on front and advertisement for the Philadelphia Hosiery House on rear. Some soil, rubbed corners and edges, and bumped corners. Light soil on text block edges and endpapers. Hinge paper is cracked. Iv, [2] index, [2] blank, 1-231, [1] blank, [8] adverts. Advertisements and directories by state for clothiers, dry goods, cotton goods, woolen goods, fancy goods, and other categories. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 231 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010954
- Title
- United States Dry Goods Directory & Adviser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- United States Dry Goods Directory Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Dry Goods
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
Biblio member since 2022
Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...