The Black Golconda by Marcosson, Isaac F
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001289
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1924
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. 369 pgs., indexed and illustrated with black and white plates. Dedicated to "The Wildcatter" this detailed history of the petroleum industry follows the development of America's growing need for oil. Red cloth binding with gold lettering on front cover and spine, illustrated endpapers. Some spotting of cover, corners bumped, spine darkened. Interior pages browning slightly, plates clean and bright. Author's inscription and signature on front free endpaper.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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. Also known as the back.
front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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