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SONS OF THE PROFITS or There's No Business Like Grow Business -- The Seattle Story 1851-1901
by SPEIDEL, WILLIAM C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 091489000X
- ISBN 13
- 9780914890003
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Seattle, WA: Nettle Creek Publishing Co, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 17th Printing. First published 1967. The "lusty, checkered past" of a great city--SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. 345 pages. Endpaper maps of 'Composite Map of Seattle's Birthplace' and 'Seattle the Day of the Great Fire, 1889. Binding of black cloth w/bold and bright gilt titles, very clean, slight rubbing of corners and spine edges. Tight, solid, square volume. Black and white illustrations. Former owner name on endpaper, otherwise internals are as new. Bright & clean jacket has light corner wear, chipped at spine heel. 345 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Nettle Creek Publishing Co, Seattle, WA 1994
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016959
- Title
- SONS OF THE PROFITS or There's No Business Like Grow Business -- The Seattle Story 1851-1901
- Author
- SPEIDEL, WILLIAM C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 091489000X
- ISBN 13
- 9780914890003
- Publisher
- Nettle Creek Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- SEATTLE, HISTORY
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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