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Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Volume I.
by Blake, William P. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Contents VG, clean, crisp, and tight. Covers, however, are rubbed, spine cloth is wrinkled, and end papers are a bit foxed (none
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1870. Hardcover. Contents VG, clean, crisp, and tight. Covers, however, are rubbed, spine cloth is wrinkled, and end papers are a bit foxed (none to contents). Ex-lib. copy with marks to spine, fep, and title page; no others. The illustrated plates are in excellent condition, as if never viewed, with no chips or tears.. Brown cloth/boards. Gilt lettering and insignia on spine. Paginated as 184; 324 (with one bw folding plate); 43; 7 (plus XXXII bw plates, including some folding); 47; 39; and index (66 pp.). Contains the Introduction, with Selections from the Correspondence of Commissioner General N.M. Beckwith and Others; General Survey of the Exposition, with a Report on the Character and Condition of the United States Section; Report on the Fine Arts, by Frank Leslie; The Fine Arts Applied to the Useful Arts (with the 7 bw plates); Extract from the Report of the International Committee on Weights, Measures, and Coins; Bibliography of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867; and General Alphabetical Index to the Reports.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 163003
- Title
- Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Volume I.
- Author
- Blake, William P. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Contents VG, clean, crisp, and tight. Covers, however, are rubbed, spine cloth is wrinkled, and end papers are a bit foxed (none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington [DC]
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Expositions and World's Fairs; Paris Universal Exposition 1867 ; Paris Universal Exposition 1867 ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Crisp
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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