Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1892 (Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey)
by Day, David T.; J. W. Powell
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 850 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in black cloth. The binding is heavily worn and soiled. The foot of the spine is chipped, and there is heavy damping and spotting to the rear cover. Rear inner hinge cracking, and the front gutter is cracking between the front flyleaves and the advertisements. The binding is holding by the cords. Text is browned but unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049534
- Title
- Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1892 (Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey)
- Author
- Day, David T.; J. W. Powell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1893; David T. Day; J. W. Powell; U.S. Geological Survey; Nonmetallic Products; Industry; Geology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...