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The West: Its Soil, Surface, and Productions
by Hall, James
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnatti: Derby, Bradley & Co.. Fair. 1848. Hardcover. Blue marbled boards over dark green quarter leather binding. Gilt lettering on spine. Moderate wear to edges; front gutter is cracked and front board is completely loose. Glue showing through on pastedowns. Text block has moderate foxing and light dampstaining to first 30 pages. Overall Fair. Earlier editions of this publication were titled "Statistics of the West" (1836) and "Notes on the Western States" (Howes). This revised edition included a considerable amount of new matter concerning the area between the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Topics include the prairies, wildlife and agriculture of the Midwest. Howes 79. Sabin 29798. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 260 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024205
- Title
- The West: Its Soil, Surface, and Productions
- Author
- Hall, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Derby, Bradley & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnatti
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Midwest, Ohio River Valley, Mississippi River, Prairies, Promotional
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Marbled boards
- ...
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