A Genealogical and Biographical History of Keokuk County, Iowa
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown, pebbled leather boards with gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Some rubbing along edges. Marbled endpapers and all edges of text block are marbled. Hinges good. Some foxing and minor soiling to pages. Illustrated plates featuring many photographic portraits. 569 pp. 10.75 x 8 inches. Biographies of 260 residents of Keokuk County, Iowa.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011529
- Title
- A Genealogical and Biographical History of Keokuk County, Iowa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lewis Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- history, biography, genealogy, pioneers,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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....
- 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...