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The Pioneer Woodsman as he is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest
by Warren, George Henr
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis: Press of Hahn and Harmon Company, 1914. First Edition. Large Octavo. 184 pages, illustrated with tissue guards present, printed on beautiful handmade paper from Italy (with the watermarks visible). After receiving his degree from Genesee University (later Syracuse University), he became an expert on woods and was devoted to education but 1870 he began to become one of the most important land owners of great untapped forest lands in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Northwest he writes about are the beautiful forests in the Upper Midwest. His expertise on timbers allowed him to make a vast fortune and he prepared this book using the finest printing and handmade paper to produce a classic on what he called "the pioneer woodsman".Bound in 3/4 brown strait grained morocco raised bands gilt, lettering gilt and other compartments stamped in gilt, top edge gilt all others uncut. spine uniformly faded. A handsome copy, internally fresh.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027316
- Title
- The Pioneer Woodsman as he is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest
- Author
- Warren, George Henr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Press of Hahn and Harmon Company
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Women travelling Into Minnesota's Vermilion Iron Range; Forest fires in upper Midwest; Timber in the Forests of Minnesota in the Late 1870's
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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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