The Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop: Being a Series of Questions and Answers on Practical Matters for the Information of Everybody
by PLUMBE, George E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Inter Ocean Publishing Company, 1878. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green blind-embossed pebble-grain cloth with gilt lettering. 169pp, (1p). Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; minor sporadic foxing to first few leaves. First edition, tight and nice, of this curious collection of trivia on virtually any subject, garnished from an odd Midwestern magazine (between 5 October 1876 and 27 September 1877).
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32038
- Title
- The Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop: Being a Series of Questions and Answers on Practical Matters for the Information of Everybody
- Author
- PLUMBE, George E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Inter Ocean Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1878
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Americana; Magazines;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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