Iowa As It Is in 1856; A gazetteer for Citizens, and a Hand-Book for Emmigrants
by Parker, Nathan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Warsaw, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Keen & Lee, 1855 Bound in red blind stamped cloth , 282 pp. plus 3 pp ads in front, 1 in back. Frontis and four other illustrations. no map [no evidence it was bound in]. The four illustrations have darkened, gilt spine decorations faded, light foxing throughout.Pages are sharp and crisp. From a private library with an accession plate to the bottom os spine as the only evidence.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003176
- Title
- Iowa As It Is in 1856; A gazetteer for Citizens, and a Hand-Book for Emmigrants
- Author
- Parker, Nathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Keen & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Books returnable if not as described and returned in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Biblio member since 2006
Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Primarily online seller with emphasis on better quality books.In the book business since the mid 1980s.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...