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Voices of Kensington: Vanishing Mills- Vanishing Neighborhoods (Textile Mills)
by Jean Seder
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0874260558
- ISBN 13
- 9780874260557
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Whitmore Publishing Co, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x0. Jean Seder's history of closed and forgotten textile mills of Kensington, Pennsylvania told in the format of profiles of former workers. Illustrated with historical photos. First edition. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. 86 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Light chipping to dust jacket and dime-sized stain to spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
Synopsis
Includes index. "Unabridged republication of the accompanying paper, "Games of the North America, Indians," of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1903, by W.H. Holmes, 1907"--Verso of t.p.
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- Bookseller
- Midnight Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 376902
- Title
- Voices of Kensington: Vanishing Mills- Vanishing Neighborhoods (Textile Mills)
- Author
- Jean Seder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0874260558
- ISBN 13
- 9780874260557
- Publisher
- Whitmore Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Ardmore, Pa
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8x6x0
- X weight
- 16 oz
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About the Seller
Midnight Books
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Frederick, Maryland
About Midnight Books
Midnight Books specializes in hard-to-find books in high demand by collectors. This includes (but is not limited to) vintage and antiquarian titles, signed first editions and scarce ephemera. All books offered come with an unconditional, lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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