The Story of the Panama Canal: The Wonderful Account of the Gigantic Undertaking Commenced By the French, and Brough to Triumphant Completion By the United States, With a History of Panama from the Days of Balboa to the Present Time
by Marshall, Logan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
L. T. Myers. Good+. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Much on the construction of the Panama Canal. This book was published one year before the canal officially opened for traffic. It contains a number of illustrations, maps, drawings, and photographs, a few of which are in color. Original orange cloth covers with pictorial paste down of a map of the Panama Canal on the front cover; black spine lettering. The covers are somewhat soiled and the top of the spine is frayed, else a clean, tight book with no inner or outer markings. Probably a first edition as there is no information to the contrary.; B&W Photos, Illustrations, Diagrams; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 286 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19522
- Title
- The Story of the Panama Canal: The Wonderful Account of the Gigantic Undertaking Commenced By the French, and Brough to Triumphant Completion By the United States, With a History of Panama from the Days of Balboa to the Present Time
- Author
- Marshall, Logan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- L. T. Myers
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Panama, Panama Canal, Canals, Central America, History
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.