The Pageant of the Packets: A Book of American Steamboating
by Eskew, Garnett Laidlaw
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929 No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. Large Octavo. 314 pages with bibliography. Inscribed "With Good Wishes-- Garnett Laidlaw Eskew" on half-title. History of American riverboats. With 11 illustrations. Tan cloth with gilt lettering; gilt, blue, and blind-stamped decoration; illustrated end sheets. Light wear to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards; minor stains and soiling on boards; previous owner's name on front end sheet; text yellowed but not brittle. Binding is tight..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 998726
- Title
- The Pageant of the Packets: A Book of American Steamboating
- Author
- Eskew, Garnett Laidlaw
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929
- Keywords
- STEAMBOATS, RIVERBOATS
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Octavo
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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