BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICA: Museum of History and Technology/Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 230
by Adney, Edwin Tappan and Chapelle, Howard I
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution/United States Government Printing Office, 1964. 242 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and figures. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23631NA
- Title
- BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICA: Museum of History and Technology/Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 230
- Author
- Adney, Edwin Tappan and Chapelle, Howard I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution/United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- NATIVE AMERICANS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA BARK CANOES CANOEING SKIN BOATS TRANSPORTATION AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS DRAWINGS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; American Indian;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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