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The Allagash (Rivers of America)
by Dietz, Lew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Green cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket, gilt title, embossed board, (8.25 x 5.75 inches), 264 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index; illustrated. First Edition/First Printing (with all points called for by Fitzgerald bibliography). Volume 61 in the notable and collectable Rivers of America series. This being a true a First Printing of the First Edition (the first edition went through a total of 8 printings). Some light expected wear, previous owner's bookplate, else a clean, tight copy in a lightly toned unclipped ($7.50) jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by George Loh. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005417
- Title
- The Allagash (Rivers of America)
- Author
- Dietz, Lew
- Illustrator
- George Loh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Rivers of America
- Size
- Octavo
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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