The Open Door To Independence; Making Money From The Soil; What To Do-How To Do, On City Lots, Suburban Grounds, Country Farms, Together With Outline Maps Of All Parts Of The United States, Irrigated Regions, Climates, Cities, Villages, Market Towns, Locations And Populations.
by HILL. Thomas E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Standard Book Company, 1915. First edition of this early manual on how to live off the land. Quarto. 448 pp. with numerous illustrations including 38 pages of color illustrations of vegetables, plants and flowers. Publisher's sage cloth with pictorial design on front within a gilt frame, gilt spine and cover lettering, green endpapers. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72081
- Title
- The Open Door To Independence; Making Money From The Soil; What To Do-How To Do, On City Lots, Suburban Grounds, Country Farms, Together With Outline Maps Of All Parts Of The United States, Irrigated Regions, Climates, Cities, Villages, Market Towns, Locations And Populations.
- Author
- HILL. Thomas E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Standard Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1915
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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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....