HISTORY OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Edgewood Publishing Co., 1889. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, brown cloth covers, xiv, 15-459 pages. Titles were once gilt, but now mostly rubbed off. Floral endpapers. Map as frontis. Illustrated with black and white photo reproductions. No dust jacket. Very good condition. 082504A
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020916
- Title
- HISTORY OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
- Author
- Johnson, Willis Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edgewood Publishing Co.
- Date Published
- 1889
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...