The Johnstown Flood.
by Dieck, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Book. Good-Very Good-. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (18) 224 (2) pp, 16 b&w illus. no date, 14 chapters with topical table of contents, no index. Age-toned end papers top and text block with Light external wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, 5.4" x 7.7". Grey cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. In Mylar protector. No Printing history, no publisher; no copyright page. An assessment of the impact of a disaster so large and unexpected it was difficult to get at the facts. Lives were lost, buildings were destroyed, Dieck works diligently to get at the facts..
Synopsis
From the title page: "A thriving city of 30,000 inhabitants and many great industrial establishments nearly wiped from earth. Many thousands drowned or burned to death."
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8276
- Title
- The Johnstown Flood.
- Author
- Dieck, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY REGIONAL VALLEY OF THE CONEMAUGH JOHNSTOWN PA 1889 FLOOD
- Bookseller catalogs
- U. S. HISTORY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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