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Prairie Grass Roots: An Iowa Small Town in the Early Twentieth Century
by Thomas J. Morain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus)
- ISBN 10
- 0813800684
- ISBN 13
- 9780813800684
- Seller
-
Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Iowa State University Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green/beige boards with slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Top edge of text block lightly foxed. Jacket has light edgewear, rubbing and creasing, several small chips/tears, and slightly sunned spine; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, interior clean. A few small tears to page edges. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 287 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003208
- Title
- Prairie Grass Roots: An Iowa Small Town in the Early Twentieth Century
- Author
- Thomas J. Morain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813800684
- ISBN 13
- 9780813800684
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ames, Iowa, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- X weight
- 2 lb
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Albion Books
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Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Flap(s)
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
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