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The Allagash
by Dietz, Lew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1968). First Edition. First printing Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black title block on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with slight fading around the edges of the boards and spine and with a prior owner's name and address on the first free end page. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with the spine area slightly tanned and with a 1/8 inch chip from the lower edge of the spine area. The 58th volume in The Rivers of America Series. 264 pages including an index, bibliography and chapter notes. With illustrations by George Loh.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB33120
- Title
- The Allagash
- Author
- Dietz, Lew
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Holt Rinehart & Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1968)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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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...
- Good+
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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