Ghosts Along The Mississippi : The Magic of the Old Houses of Louisiana
by LAUGHLIN, Clarence John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons. Used - Very Good. 1948. Tall 4to., cloth, dj. First edition (with A on copyright page as required). Very sound copy in partial dj. (some large chips at head and heel of spine and on lower edge of rear panel; smaller chips at outer corners of front and rear panels; price-clipped). Some rubbing to edges of cloth; spine moderately rolled. Internally quite good. (Subject: Photography.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ00014
- Title
- Ghosts Along The Mississippi : The Magic of the Old Houses of Louisiana
- Author
- LAUGHLIN, Clarence John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- Rolled
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- Copyright page
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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