Sholes' Georgia State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1879 & 1880
by Norwood, C.W., Compiler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition./No Jacket
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Atlanta, Georgia: A.E. Sholes & Co., 1879. Hardcover. Good Condition./No Jacket. 8vo. pp. x, 934, (2). Illustrated. X-library with a book plate on the front past down. In a library binding with library markings. Interior of book has had some repairs to a number of pages. The title page is chipped along the edges, detached, and split down the middle. Last page of ads has been repaired with loss of 2" along the bottom. Pages 607 - 634 are bound following page 572. Most of the interior pages are in very good shape with many illustrated ads, business directories by towns, lists of planters and farmers, railroads and government officials. In some regards not in the best shape, but mainly a solid, original copy of a rare state gazetteer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arabesque Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000391
- Title
- Sholes' Georgia State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1879 & 1880
- Author
- Norwood, C.W., Compiler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.E. Sholes & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arabesque Books
Biblio member since 2015
Atlanta, Georgia
About Arabesque Books
We have been in business since 1978 selling fine old and rare books. All books are professionally wrapped, protected in bubble wrap, and shipped in a sturdy box.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
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