Iron in the pines : the story of New Jersey's ghost towns and bog iron
by Pierce, Arthur D
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy with onwer name and date to front free endpaper; in a Good only DJ which is torn along the spine in two pieces and hel
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About This Item
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1957. First edition, second printing (stated). Hardcover. Fine copy with onwer name and date to front free endpaper; in a Good only DJ which is torn along the spine in two pieces and held impressively intact by an archival quality mylar prtoective jacket.. Octavo inn orange illus DJ; 244 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. [234]-237) and index. Signed by the author on half title page.// Ghost towns -- New Jersey -- Wharton State Forest. Historic sites -- New Jersey -- Wharton State Forest. Iron industry and trade -- New Jersey -- Wharton State Forest -- History. Burlington County (N.J.) -- History. Camden County (N.J.) -- History. Atlantic County (N.J.) -- History. Wharton State Forest (N.J.) -- History. Batsto (N.J.) -- History.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10661
- Title
- Iron in the pines : the story of New Jersey's ghost towns and bog iron
- Author
- Pierce, Arthur D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy with onwer name and date to front free endpaper; in a Good only DJ which is torn along the spine in two pieces and hel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second printing (stated)
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1957
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