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Report of Historical and Technical Information Relating to the Problem of Interoceanic Communication by way of the American Isthmus
by SULLIVAN, John T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. 47th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 107.. Hardcover. Good+. 219 p. 30 cm. Many excellent maps (incl. fold-outs). Rebound in blue cloth with marbled paper boards. Front hinge cracking internally. Repairs to edges of back fold-out maps. Chip in top border of map 2. A few minor chips and tears elsewhere. Former owner's label on a front endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104317
- Title
- Report of Historical and Technical Information Relating to the Problem of Interoceanic Communication by way of the American Isthmus
- Author
- SULLIVAN, John T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 47th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 107.
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Canals, United States, Panama Canal, Nicaragua, Transportation, Shipping
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canals;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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