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The St. Croix; Midwest Border River
by Dunn, James Taylor
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1965): Holt, Rinehart and winstonPrinting. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 309 pages, index, two pages listing the books in the Rivers of America Series. Illustrated by Gerald Hazzard. The fifty-fifth in the Rivers of America series. Here is the history of the St. Croix River as well as the major development alongside it, especially, the Western side. Many delightful tales about is colorful history that are found here for the first time in one volume. Bound in light green cloth, spine lettering in brown and gilt blocked in brown, spine just a bit faded, previous owner's bookplate, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket showing only light wear to spine ends and a small tear to bottom edge of rear panel. Very nice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021404
- Title
- The St. Croix; Midwest Border River
- Author
- Dunn, James Taylor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and winstonPrinting
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1965)
- Keywords
- lumber Mills in the upper Midwest; Sioux and the Chippewa; Wisconsin; Minnesota; Steamboats on the River
- Bookseller catalogs
- Regional America;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
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