Wisconsin at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison, Wi: Cantwell Printing Co, 1904. First Edition. HB. Report of the State Board of Managers of the Saint Louis World's Fair, 1904". Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, small 4 to, 85 pp. Complete history of Wisconsin's participation in the fair. Presentation copy, SIGNED and dated (2/10/06) on ffep by Grant Thomas, secretary to the Board. A photo of Thomas appears between pages 14 and 15 of the text. Spine lightly sunned, corners bumped. No marks in book, binding very solid. Book condition VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OF8368
- Title
- Wisconsin at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cantwell Printing Co
- Place of Publication
- Madison, Wi
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wisconsin;
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Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
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- 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....
- Fair
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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