Stephen Harriman Long, 1784-1864: Army Engineer, Explorer, Inventor
by Wood, Richard G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Glendale, CA: Arthur H Clark. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Cloth. Prolific inventor who developed designs for steam locomotives and river craft, and explorer of many parts of the American West. Blue cloth boards with gold imprint on spine. Top edge of text block stained blue. Interior clean, binding tight.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004447
- Title
- Stephen Harriman Long, 1784-1864: Army Engineer, Explorer, Inventor
- Author
- Wood, Richard G
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur H Clark
- Place of Publication
- Glendale, CA
- Date Published
- 1966
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.