A Raft Pilot's Log
by Blair, Walter A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1930. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 328 pp., frontis, b/w photos & illus., appendices, index. A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi, 1840-1915. A classic work on the great river. Former owner's ink sig. on the f.f.e.p. Blue ribbed cloth bound hard cover w/gold foil title stamping to the spine. Deckle edge. Book in v.g. cond.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012245
- Title
- A Raft Pilot's Log
- Author
- Blair, Walter A
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Arthur H. Clark Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Mississippi River, Lumber, Steamboats
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
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About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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