WESTERN COUNTRY IN THE 17TH CENTURY: The Memoirs of Lamothe Cadillac and Pierre Liette/The Lakeside Classics
by Cadillac, Lamothe and Liette, Pierre/Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1947. 182 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Top edge gilt. Natural toning to blank endpapers. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ a b/w plate and a map.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22355AMER
- Title
- WESTERN COUNTRY IN THE 17TH CENTURY: The Memoirs of Lamothe Cadillac and Pierre Liette/The Lakeside Classics
- Author
- Cadillac, Lamothe and Liette, Pierre/Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- AMERICANA UNITED STATES AMERICA AMERICAN HISTORY BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEMOIRS SIEUR DE CADILLAC ANTOINE LAUMET DE LA MOTHE 1658 1730 DETROIT MICHIGAN STATE HISTORY MI FOUNDER 1701 FIRST 1ST GOVERNOR 1710 1716 LOUISIANA LA TOWN GOVERNOR 1722 1730 CASTEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Industry; Autobiography; American Indian; Politics;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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