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REPORT TO INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION ON NAVIGATION AND POWER IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.
by Hugh L. Cooper & Co
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hugh L. Cooper & Co., (1920). first edition. hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, maroon cloth covers with gilt titles. 33 pages of text, includes 2 folding view in the front of book, illustration of Downstream End of American Power House and Two Main Dam Spillway Sections. 12 folding plates in rear with maps and diagrams. Ink number on title page. Bookplate of The Milwaukee Journal on the front paste-down endpaper. Laid in is a presentation letter to the Editor of the Milwaukee Journal. Light wear at cover edges. 012204A or CRBC
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000016787
- Title
- REPORT TO INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION ON NAVIGATION AND POWER IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.
- Author
- Hugh L. Cooper & Co
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Hugh L. Cooper & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1920)
- Keywords
- Waterways, Commerce, St. Lawrence Seaway, Canada
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Title Page
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