The State Historical Society of Wisconsin Exercises at the Dedication of Its New Building October 19, 1900 Together with a Description of the Building Accounts of the Several Libraries Contained Therein and a Brief History of the Society. Memorial Volume
by Reuben Gold Thwaites
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1901. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xii, 139pp. Ex-library, bound in original cream colored cloth, with purple lettering to spine and front cover. Several tiny bumps to extremities with a little buckling appearance to cloth at head of spine, as well as fairly heavy but not offensive soiling to cloth. Front hinge cracked, though all leaves remain firmly in place. Text clean. Remains a good, user friendly copy
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- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 027530
- Title
- The State Historical Society of Wisconsin Exercises at the Dedication of Its New Building October 19, 1900 Together with a Description of the Building Accounts of the Several Libraries Contained Therein and a Brief History of the Society. Memorial Volume
- Author
- Reuben Gold Thwaites
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Democrat Printing Company, State Printer
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- libraries Government United States midwest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana (General);
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Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota
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