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ALASKA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1570-1970, with subject Index
by Alaska / Tourville, Elsie A., compiler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0816110638
- ISBN 13
- 9780816110636
- Seller
-
Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xvii, 739 with index. Bound in red buckram over heavy boards, gilt lettering on spine. 10.25" x 7". Deaccessioned from a southern collegiate library: stamp on upper and lower edges, shadow of pocket removed from rear pastedown, slight trace of shelf label, otherwise clean and sound. Contains 5,040 entries.
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- Bookseller
- R & A Petrilla
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040860
- Title
- ALASKA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1570-1970, with subject Index
- Author
- Alaska / Tourville, Elsie A., compiler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0816110638
- ISBN 13
- 9780816110636
- Publisher
- G.K. Hall & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- northwestern americana; alaska; bibliography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books; USA-State by State;
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About the Seller
R & A Petrilla
Biblio member since 2004
Roosevelt, New Jersey
About R & A Petrilla
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- Gilt
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- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
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