Galena's Century Milestone: A Brief Review of Its History and Historic Spots with Original Modern Photographs
by BALE, Florence Gratiot
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Galena, IL: Bale's Drug Store, 1927. Paperback. Wide 12mo. Stiff tan decorative wrappers. 62pp. Numerous sepia-tone illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Quite mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this popular survey of the history of U.S. Grant's adopted hometown in northwest Illinois, published "To Commemorate the Centennial of the Naming of Galena.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44695
- Title
- Galena's Century Milestone: A Brief Review of Its History and Historic Spots with Original Modern Photographs
- Author
- BALE, Florence Gratiot
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bale's Drug Store
- Place of Publication
- Galena, IL
- Date Published
- 1927
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...