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Ores to Metals: The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry.
by James E. Fell Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0803219512
- ISBN 13
- 9780803219519
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Press, 1979. Hardcover First Edition (1979), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (1979), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted. Very Good in Good+ DJ: The Book shows indications of careful use: fairly severe spine lean; else just a hint of wear to the extremities; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, lightly used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and a single significant flaw. The DJ shows moderate wear to extremities, with a short, closed tear to the top of the front hinge and another at the top of the front panel; considerable rubbing; the orange background field of the backstrip is heavily sunned, but the black titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; unclipped. Functional and intact. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.8 x 1.25 inches). xi, 341 pages. Index. Maps. 14 pages of vintage black & white photographs and several drawings and designs. Language: English. Weight: 22.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 52770
- Title
- Ores to Metals: The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry.
- Author
- James E. Fell Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (1979), unstated, but implied: no subsequent print
- ISBN 10
- 0803219512
- ISBN 13
- 9780803219519
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press,
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, NE
- Date Published
- 1979.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Frontier Life; Americana; Americana: Western; American Heritage;
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