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AMERICAN PLACES
by Stegner, Wallace & Stegner, Page/Macrae, John, III (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525053905
- ISBN 13
- 9780525053903
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1981. 224 pp. Original tan cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends and corners of front cover bumped. Edges of leaves age toned. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Faint sunning to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ 89 dazzling color photos taken especially for the book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Eliot Porter (Photographs). Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5577
- Title
- AMERICAN PLACES
- Author
- Stegner, Wallace & Stegner, Page/Macrae, John, III (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Eliot Porter (Photographs)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525053905
- ISBN 13
- 9780525053903
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHERS PORTER ELIOT 1901 1990 PICTORIAL WORKS NATURAL HISTORY NATURE DESCRIPTION TRAVEL 1960 JOURNEYS STEGNER WALLACE EARLE STEGNER PAGE AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Photography;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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