THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
by Dieck, Herman
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Gray hardcover cloth binding with gilt title soiled, bumped corners. 224 pages, yellowing foxing. No publisher or date listed; however, introduction in Chapter 1 talks about 1889 flood as if it was fairly recent. Probably c. 1890. Several pages of faded b/w photos before the title page. Narrative on 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." Narrative was gathered from accounts of correspondents, eyewitnesses, refugees.. Illus. by photos. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011239
- Title
- THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
- Author
- Dieck, Herman
- Illustrator
- photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction - Adult, General;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...