Logging by Rail: The British Columbia Story [Signed]
by TURNER, Robert D
- Used
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Victoria: Sono Nis Press, [1991]. Second printing. Quarto (29cm). Maroon cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in green jacket; xxii,326pp; color and black and white illus. Author's signature to title page. Straight and sound, though some spotting to cloth: around Very Good. Jacket rubbed, chipped at head, and foxed on verso: Good.
"At once a carefully documented history and a sensitive portrait of railroad logging in British Columbia" (jacket flap).
"At once a carefully documented history and a sensitive portrait of railroad logging in British Columbia" (jacket flap).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57950
- Title
- Logging by Rail: The British Columbia Story [Signed]
- Author
- TURNER, Robert D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sono Nis Press
- Place of Publication
- Victoria
- Date Published
- [1991]
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...