Captain John Mullan: His Life Building the Mullan Road As It Is Today And Interesting Occurrences Along The Road
by Coleman, Louis & Rieman, Leo
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket as issued
- Seller
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Boise, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
In 1859, Lieutenant John Mullan was tasked with building a wagon road from Fort Walla Walla in Washington Territory to Fort Benton on the Missouri River. After two years and 611 miles he got it done. Full black cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Very good, no dust jacket as issued. Bumps to bottom tips of boards, head and heel of spine no longer crisp, binding lightly pushed at head of spine.
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- Bookseller
- Last Word Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1705
- Title
- Captain John Mullan: His Life Building the Mullan Road As It Is Today And Interesting Occurrences Along The Road
- Author
- Coleman, Louis & Rieman, Leo
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. C. Payette
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 491
- Size
- 9.5 X 6.25”
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western Americana—Washington, Idaho Montana History—Mullan Road
- Bookseller catalogs
- Northwest US;
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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...
- Bumps
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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