Strong Drink and Tobacco Smoke; the Structure, Growth, and Uses of Malt, Hops, Yeast, and Tobacco. With One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Original Illustrations, Drawn and Engraved on Steel. 1870
by Henry P. Prescott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
William Wood & Co. Used - Good. 8vo. Cloth, no dj. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. [xii] 71 numbered pp. + 10 plates and 53 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. Spine sunned, scuffed; extensive rubbing at ends. Remnant of removed sticker at base of spine. Joints cracking at corners. Some scuffing to boards, rubbing at corners. Front hinge cracked; binding tender, but holding. Previous owner's bookplate and previous bookstore's sticker on front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Despite its flaws, a nice copy with otherwise clean internals. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S78432
- Title
- Strong Drink and Tobacco Smoke; the Structure, Growth, and Uses of Malt, Hops, Yeast, and Tobacco. With One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Original Illustrations, Drawn and Engraved on Steel. 1870
- Author
- Henry P. Prescott
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Wood & Co
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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