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The Bark Covered House, Or, Back in the Woods Again; Being a Graphic and Thrilling Description of Real Pioneer Life in the Wilderness of Michigan
by Nowlin, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Detroit: Privately Printed for the Author. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover, 1/4 black leather spine over dark buckram cloth, tight binding, pages white unmarked and still rather fresh, none marked or torn, the covers have light shelfwear, in clear mylar wrap, else VG+++ or slightly better. Contains all 6 illustrations, all in excellent condition. The bark house built in 1834; the last plate shows his last house built in 1854, nicer and larger. Told by early Michigan pioneer who built a house west of Dearbornville (a 26 mile walk to Detroit). Tells a complete tale much on cutting trees, logging and clearing land. Logs to be burned, stumps to be pulled or professionals who paid 25 cents per stump at that time, etc etc. This book is a classic in pioneer life and listed in Howes and in 100 Michigan Rarities, etc. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 250 pages pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26335
- Title
- The Bark Covered House, Or, Back in the Woods Again; Being a Graphic and Thrilling Description of Real Pioneer Life in the Wilderness of Michigan
- Author
- Nowlin, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- Privately Printed for the Author
- Place of Publication
- Detroit
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- Michigan Rarity; Michigan Logging; Colonial Michigan Farming
- Bookseller catalogs
- Michigan;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
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About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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