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The Bonanza West, The Story of the Western Mining Rushes 1848-1900
by Greever, William S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968 Hardcover, 8vo, in brown cloth with a black label with gilt title to the spine, and having a pictorial dust jacket ,now in mylar, 430 pp. The award-winning author was Professor, and Chairman, of the History Department at the University of Idaho. The book describes the history and impact of the various gold rushes throughout the Western United States in the nineteenth century, including particulars of those in California, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, the Klondike and Yukon. He explores the significance this activity on the social, economic, political and cultural life of the West. Condition: Very Good with the pages bright and clean on the interior, no writing, no bumps to the boards. There is some mild foxing to the top edge only of the text block. The dust jacket is about Good: there is some rubbing to the front, and an inch-long closed tear on the front surface of the d/j. The d/j is price clipped.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7978
- Title
- The Bonanza West, The Story of the Western Mining Rushes 1848-1900
- Author
- Greever, William S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1968
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Glossary
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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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