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The Chicago
by Hansen, Harry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Carson City, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart (1942). . First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Harry Timmins. First printing with F&R colophon. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. xi, 362 pages. Bibliography. Index. No dust jacket. A solid copy with only light wear.
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- Bookseller
- MagicCarpetBooks.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011173
- Title
- The Chicago
- Author
- Hansen, Harry
- Illustrator
- Harry Timmins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart (1942).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- History, Transportation, Trade, Rivers of America, Illinois, Chicago, Lake Michigan
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICAN HISTORY; New Arrivals;
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
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