The Boy With The U. S. Survey
by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard & Co, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. xii, 381 (6)pp., 30 plates. Original illustrated blue cloth with b/w photograph laid to cover, gilt and black lettering, black ruling on cover, illustration with gilt and black lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Publisher's device on title page. With thirty-seven illustrations (on thirty plates) from photographs taken by the U.S. Geological Survey. "The adventures in this volume, startling as they may seem, were recounted to the author by the very men who underwent them; slight details only being changed to fit them into rapid sequence with which they have to be compressed in the pages of a book." (Author). Light wear along edges of binding. Brief 1917 inscription on front free endpaper. Very light age-toning of block.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47093
- Title
- The Boy With The U. S. Survey
- Author
- Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- b/w photography, Alaska, United States Geological Service
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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