The National Waterway: A History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 1769-1965
by Gray, Ralph D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1967 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xi (iii), 279 (1) pp, illus. First Edition, 1967. Price clipped. A few tiny chips and rubbed specks dj with only the faintest age-toning to text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 6.25" x 9.25". Blue cloth with small silver pattern on front board, and silver lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005842
- Title
- The National Waterway: A History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 1769-1965
- Author
- Gray, Ralph D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana, IL
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY REGIONAL WATERWAYS CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL 1967-1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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