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Diary of an Early American Boy, Noah Blake, 1805
by Sloane, Eric
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sloane, Eric. ix, [8], 108pp. Pen-and-ink drawings by Eric Sloane. Tan endpapers. Brown cloth w gilt-stamp emblem to cover, gilt lettering to spine. Light bumping to top corners. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean, showing wear to corners and tail, shallow loss to head, preserved now in BroDart cover. Quarto. Based on the found diary of Noah Blake, b.1790(?), Eric Sloane details in word and drawings the conditions, tools and methods of farming as recorded in the diary.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046059
- Title
- Diary of an Early American Boy, Noah Blake, 1805
- Author
- Sloane, Eric
- Illustrator
- Sloane, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wilfred Funk, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Blake, Noah, 1790 or 1791- Farm life -- New England. Farm equipment -- New England. Sloane, Eric, 1905-1985. NOISBN Personal Memoirs, 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoirs; History;
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Brodart
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Gilt
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