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The American Wilderness in the Words of John Muir
by John Muir; Kent Dannen [Editor]; Ed Cooper [Photographer]; David Muench [Photographer];
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0872940497
- ISBN 13
- 9780872940499
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Country Beautiful, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 11x9x1. Oversized hardbound book in very good condition. 192p. Pages clean and firmly bound in clean sharp-cornered boards. Bright gilt lettering on front and spine. Former owner's blank bookplate on FFEP (attractive: a drawing of a lion's head). Dust jacket in mylar shows some age related fading, and shelfwear to edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPmuirAW
- Title
- The American Wilderness in the Words of John Muir
- Author
- John Muir; Kent Dannen [Editor]; Ed Cooper [Photographer]; David Muench [Photographer];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0872940497
- ISBN 13
- 9780872940499
- Publisher
- Country Beautiful
- Place of Publication
- Wukesha, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1973-01-01
- Size
- 11x9x1
- X weight
- 33 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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