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The Settlers On Lake Winnebago: A Narrative From The True Life In America
by [Ruegg, Amalia]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Milwaukee: Evening Wisconsin Co.. Very Good+. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. "This story is based upon facts taken from an old diary of one of the early settlers on Lake Winnebago." It first appeared in German, and is translated here for the first time. This may have been written (or translated) by Amalia Ruegg, as her name appears on the cover, but not on the title page. Covers are the original brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no owner names and no bookplates. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 119 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9043
- Title
- The Settlers On Lake Winnebago: A Narrative From The True Life In America
- Author
- [Ruegg, Amalia]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Evening Wisconsin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Wisconsin, Lake Winnebago, Germany, History, Middle West, Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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