The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs with 60 Illustrations
by Quondam
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Laird & Lee, 1893 237 pp with 4 B&W plates and 60 line drawings in text. A visiting family's lightly fictionalized account of a visit to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the fire that tragically broke out on the fairgrounds. Discussed more recently in "The Devil in the White City." Text is unmarked, yellowed with some foxing. Front hinge cracked but holding. Grey cloth boards are whole but soiled and rubbed at spine ends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Poor. Illus. by Meyer, H..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 700545
- Title
- The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs with 60 Illustrations
- Author
- Quondam
- Illustrator
- Meyer, H.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Publisher
- Laird & Lee
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
Catron Grant Books
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Poor
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...