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The Erie Canal
by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House ( Landmark Books ), 1953. Book. Illus. by Leonard Vossburgh, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Solid hardcover book in original dust jacket. "Young Readers of America Selection." Light blue cloth boards with red an burgundy wreath decoration, burgundy lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Very slight hint of browning to edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean illustrated endpapers, with child's bookplate (no name) on front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated by Leonard Vossburgh. 182 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, has a few short closed edge tears, shallow chipping at top spine edge, one small corner chip on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The fascinating history of the Erie Canal brought to life by Samuel Hopkins Adams, an authority on the great canal that changed the course of history for New York State..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30764
- Title
- The Erie Canal
- Author
- Adams, Samuel Hopkins
- Illustrator
- Leonard Vossburgh, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Random House ( Landmark Books )
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S HISTORY, NEW YORK STATE, ERIE CANAL, SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS, JUVENILE AMERICAN LANDMARK BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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Stanley, New York
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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