1800-1900. Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government of the District of Columbia
by William V Cox
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Washington : Govt. Print. Office, 1/1/1901. Hardcover. Good. Large Quarto. 343 p., ill., maps. Bound in publishers navy blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Gilt image of the Capitol Building stamped to front cover. Good binding and cover. Contemporary owner name of Harry Lee Watson on front pastedown. Light wear to extremities. Hinges weakened, but not cracked. Dampstain to the bottom corner of some interior pages. Toning with age to pages. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Several plates and one large fold out map. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- 1800-1900. Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government of the District of Columbia
- Author
- William V Cox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Washington : Govt. Print. Office
- Date Published
- 1/1/1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....