Garden of America--The Salt River Valley, Arizona
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Clark & Longley, Printers. 1885. Softcover. A scarce promotional pamphlet advertising the potential and beauty of the Salt River Valley in Arizona, in very good condition. Original, pictorial wrappers with title and illustration on front, and map of the Salt River Valley area on back. Wrappers have moderate toning, light soiling and light wear to all edges. Text block has scattered foxing throughout, sometimes affecting content. Pamphlet is housed in a custom solander box, covered in grey cloth with copy of pamphlet's original wrappers tipped in on front and spine. Promoting the Salt River Valley, this pamphlet describes its surroundings, irrigations systems and canals and agricultural possibilities. Includes letters from private citizens around the country about Arizona's potential and many illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013871
- Title
- Garden of America--The Salt River Valley, Arizona
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Clark & Longley, Printers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Arizona, Salt River Valley, Gila County, Maricopa County
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
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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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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...