The Potomac.
by Gutheim, Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Co., 1949.. Fortieth volume in the Rivers of America series. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and cover stamped in blind. In pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches. 436 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated by Mitchell Jamieson. First edition. Inscribed by artist on second free endpaper. Series edited by Hervey Allen and Carl Carmer. Binding sound, pages very slightly age-toned. Small inkstain on bottom edges does not affect inner pages. Dust jacket is not price-clipped; shows some edgewear and chipping at top and bottom of spine, but is unusually bright and clean. Very Good plus in Very Good plus dj. Protected by mylar sleeve. Scarce signed.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59-3869
- Title
- The Potomac.
- Author
- Gutheim, Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Co., 1949.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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