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The Pioneer Woodsman as He is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest
by George Henry Warren
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Minneapolis: Hahn & Harmon Co, 1914. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A 19th century account of pioneer woodsmen in upper Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, tough men who lived alone in the wilderness, memoir of timber cruising and exploits in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota starting in 1870. Privately printed by the author, large octave, 184 pages with photographic frontispiece of the author, 29 plates, contemporary half bound brown straight grain Morocco leather over tan pebbled boards with gilt rule, gilt decoration on spine, very light edge and corner wear, spine a bit lighter, Top Edge Gilt, superior paper, interior is Mint, tight and square, sharp corners, No previous owner bookplate or writing, exceptional illustrations, clean end papers, Very nice copy at a Bargain price. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003731
- Title
- The Pioneer Woodsman as He is Related to Lumbering in the Northwest
- Author
- George Henry Warren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hahn & Harmon Co
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Logging, Wisconsin History, Minnesota History
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Half Bound
- ...
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