SHENANDOAH: The Rivers of America
by Davis, Julia/Allen, Hervey (Editor)/Skinner, Constance Lindsay (As Planned and Started by)/Crawford, Jean (Associate Editor)/Ball, Faith (Art Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1945. 374 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled. Spine a bit sunned. Previous owner's bookplates on front paste-down and front endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Frederic Taubes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19948NH
- Title
- SHENANDOAH: The Rivers of America
- Author
- Davis, Julia/Allen, Hervey (Editor)/Skinner, Constance Lindsay (As Planned and Started by)/Crawford, Jean (Associate Editor)/Ball, Faith (Art Editor)
- Illustrator
- Frederic Taubes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York and Toronto
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY SHENANDOAH RIVER VIRGINIA STATE HISTORY VA MARYLAND STATE HISTORY MD LOCAL WEST VIRGINIA STATE HISTORY WV AMERICANA UNITED STATES AMERICAN HISTORY RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES ILLUSTRATED FREDERIC TAUBES
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- Natural History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Paste-down
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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