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Wagons, Mules and Men: How the Frontier Moved West
de Eggenhofer, Nick
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Librería
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Hastings House Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with "1961" on copyright page. Brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Some rubbing and bumping to edges; large dampstain on back board and spine, does not impact interior. Tan illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and price clipped. Moderate chipping and wear to edges; fading to spine and back panel; mild soiling; jacket is affected by same dampstain as boards. There is a piece of tape reinforcing jacket at tail of spine. Front hinge has small crack, but binding is still tight. Interior is clean. Includes illustrations by the author throughout. This book tells the story of how the American frontier expanded westward with an emphasis on the vehicles and animals that made it possible. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 184 pp .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 024513
- Título
- Wagons, Mules and Men: How the Frontier Moved West
- Autor
- Eggenhofer, Nick
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Hastings House Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1961
- Palabras clave
- Western Americana, Exploration, Travel, Transportation, Frontier Life
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Sobre el vendedor
Back of Beyond Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2022
Moab, Utah
Sobre Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
