Coal Boats to Tidewater
by Wakefield, Manville B. and Carl Carmer (forward)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Manville B. Wakefield, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 4to (10"x7"). 206pp. Brown cloth covered boards with giltstamped titles, illustrated map endpapers. Previous owner's name in pen to ffep. Textblock edges toned. Inscribed, "Best wishes--" and signed by Manville to half title. B&W woodcuts and photos throughout. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar: rubbed; chipped edges & corners, NOT price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3645
- Title
- Coal Boats to Tidewater
- Author
- Wakefield, Manville B. and Carl Carmer (forward)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Manville B. Wakefield
- Date Published
- 1965
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...