Washington and Its Environs : An Illustrated Descriptive and Historical Hand-Book to the Capital of the United States of America. [Keim's Hand-Book of Washington. 1874.]
by Deb. Randolph Keim
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- Hardcover
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Washington City: For the Compiler, 1874. Hardcover. Revised Annually. 12mo. 252pp. + 2 fold-out maps [18, blanks] Bound in full cloth with gold gilt titling and decoration. GOOD. Shows significant edge and corner wear with marginal loss and showing, slightly scuffed and fraying, some toning and remnants on the endpaper, period notations on the preliminaries, pulled at the middle of the text-block but holding strong, a small closed tear to one of the fold-out plates, otherwise the binding is secure, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain relatively distinct. As pictured.
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- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
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- H69
- Title
- Washington and Its Environs : An Illustrated Descriptive and Historical Hand-Book to the Capital of the United States of America. [Keim's Hand-Book of Washington. 1874.]
- Author
- Deb. Randolph Keim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- For the Compiler
- Place of Publication
- Washington City
- Date Published
- 1874
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- 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...
- 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...