The Columbia
by Holbrook, Stewart H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Rinehart and Co., Inc, 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Richardson, Ernest. Signed by Author(s). Navy cloth covered boards are bumped at bottom corners. Bump to head of spine. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Price clipped paper dust jacket overlaid by clear & yellow acetate jacket with a price of 6.50. Paper jacket with edge wear and chipping at edges and very short closed tear at top rear spine hinge. Acetate jacket is rubbed with two tears: closed tear at bottom front edge near spine and tear at top rear spine corner with tiny chip out. Both jackets now encased in protective mylar cover. One of twenty-five hundred copies signed by the author of which this is number A85. In addition to author's signature on limited edition page, also signed by the author and inscribed to prev owner in front free end paper. Special Lewis and Clark edition commemorating the 50th volume in the Rivers of America Series.
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- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000046
- Title
- The Columbia
- Author
- Holbrook, Stewart H
- Illustrator
- Richardson, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY PACIFIC NORTHWEST WASHINTON OREGON RIVERS Oregon/Pacific Northwest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oregon/Pacific Northwest;
Terms of Sale
Crooked House Books & Paper
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
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Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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