History of Oregon
by Carey, Charles Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). Forest green cloth with gilt titles on spine, 4to, 1,016 pages, full of black and white photographs, green marbled endpapers and text block edges, inscribed, "To Miss Barbara Elliott/ with sincere regards/ Charles Henry Carey" on title page; in excellent condition, pages are clean, binding is tight. Barbara Elliot Davis is the namesake of the Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CS00563
- Title
- History of Oregon
- Author
- Carey, Charles Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHY PNW PACIFIC NORTHWEST
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oregon/Pacific Northwest;
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Crooked House Books & Paper
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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