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Upper Mississippi

by Havighurst, Walter

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About This Item

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1944). First Revised Edition. First printing Fine in reddish cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the slightest of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and the lower edges of the boards. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips from the lower edge of the spine area which wraps around the fold to the front panel by 1/3" and with small nicks to the fore corners of the front panel over the tips of the boards. This is the revised edition of the second volume in The Rives of America Series. 305 pages including an index and bibliography. Illustrated with woodblock plates by David and Lolita Granahan. A nice bright copy with no prior ownership markings.

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Bookseller
Town's End Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
TB30551
Title
Upper Mississippi
Author
Havighurst, Walter
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Revised Edition
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Farrar & Rinehart
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
(1944)

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Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Heel
The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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...
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...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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