A History of Man's Progress from 1830 to the Present: A Complete and Historical Description in Chronological Order, of Every Item on Display at Harold Warp Pioneer Village Minden, Nebraska
by Warp, Harold
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good -/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Minden, Nebraska: Warp Publishing Company, 1967. Signed to "Dear Reader" by Harold Warp on lower inside front cover; no other inscription. All categories, fully indexed, more than 1000 illustration. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but lightly yellowed with age. Binding appears to have been reglued with archival tape to outer spine, pages are now secure. Covers are slightly sunned, scuffed, ink-rubbed. Shelfwear (dent to head/heel of spine causing some chipping, rubbing to extremities). This is NOT a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . Signed by Author. Revised Edition, Collectible. Oversized Hardcover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000677
- Title
- A History of Man's Progress from 1830 to the Present: A Complete and Historical Description in Chronological Order, of Every Item on Display at Harold Warp Pioneer Village Minden, Nebraska
- Author
- Warp, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Revised Edition, Collectible
- Publisher
- Warp Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Minden, Nebraska
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- American History SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; American Culture;
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