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This Place Called Portage: Its Past and Present
by Massie, Larry B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1886167273
- ISBN 13
- 9781886167278
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Allegan Forest, MI: The Priscilla Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1886167273 . Massie is a well-known Michigan historian who has penned a history of Portage which is in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Chapters cover the history from the earliest native inhabitants to pioneers, farmers, businesses, schools, etc. through to the modern era. Contains an index and a sources in the rear. Bound in the publisher's original green boards with gilt spine and cover lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. ; Color & B&W Photos & Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20541
- Title
- This Place Called Portage: Its Past and Present
- Author
- Massie, Larry B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1886167273
- ISBN 13
- 9781886167278
- Publisher
- The Priscilla Press
- Place of Publication
- Allegan Forest, MI
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 1886167273, Michigan, Michigan History, Kalamazoo County, Portage
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
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