The Panama Canal
by Frederic J. Haskin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1913. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Good. 1913 1st edition, IN THE VERY UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Bright and clean and VG+ in a somewhat chipped, G+ to VG- only example of the very fragile jacket. Heavy chipping to the top third of the spine and along the panel edges. Still though, presentable and scarce as such. Octavo, 386 pgs. Fold-out frontispiece map and all plates present and completely intact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3633
- Title
- The Panama Canal
- Author
- Frederic J. Haskin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Rare Panama Canal, Rrare engineering, Rare Teddy Roosevelt, rare Canal building
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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