A History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contiguous Territory (with Daughters of the Confederacy application & family tree laid in)
by Johnston, David E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Huntington, WV: David E. Johnston, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (9"x6.25"). 500pp. +index. Tan/dark brown pictorial cloth-covered boards. Heavily rubbed, heavily soiled boards, tail edges heavily rubbed. Areas of color/cloth loss to spine extremes. Interior foxed and toned. Paper repair to front pdep. 3" crack to rear hinge with mull exposed, crack to gutter at page 30 of the index. B&W frontis, B&W plates. Previous owner's name and family history notes to ffep. (family tree and application for membership to the Daughters of the Confederacy application filled out and dated 1935, laid in). Covered in seller's mylar (no dj. as issued).
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3946
- Title
- A History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contiguous Territory (with Daughters of the Confederacy application & family tree laid in)
- Author
- Johnston, David E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- David E. Johnston
- Place of Publication
- Huntington, WV
- Date Published
- 1906
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- Soiled
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- Foxed
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Good+
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- First Edition
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