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Wau-Bun, The Early Day in the Northwest
by Kinzie, Mrs. John H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Menasha: George Banta Publishing Company, 1930. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. xxii, 390 pages. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. 2 loose illustrations. Hinges cracked. Charles D. Higgs bookplate and a more recent previous owner signature on the front paste down. Old Indian Agency House at Portage, Wisconsin illustration by the National Society of Colonial Dames tipped in on the right front flyleaf.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30345
- Title
- Wau-Bun, The Early Day in the Northwest
- Author
- Kinzie, Mrs. John H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- George Banta Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Menasha
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Wisconsin
Terms of Sale
Americana Books ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
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