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John Muir Inventor
by George Emanuels (signed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Freso, California: Panorama West Books, 1985. Limited Edition, Signed. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition, Number 198 of 275 copies of the first edition in a deluxe binding, inscribed in black ink on colophon page, by author "For Dan Gleason, with best wishes, George Emanuels" 88 pages with several black and white illustrations of Muir's inventions, self setting sawmill, waterclock, and more. Book is two toned black with grey spine cloth with red titles on spine, Fine consition with sharp corners, grey endpapers are flawless. No previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket is near Fine, just a little foxing on rear flap, A very clean and most presentable edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001114
- Title
- John Muir Inventor
- Author
- George Emanuels (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition, Signed
- Publisher
- Panorama West Books
- Place of Publication
- Freso, California
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- John Muir
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...