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Panama And the Canal in Picture and Prose
by Abbot, Willis J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
Syndicate Publishing Company, NY, 1913 11 5/8 X 9 1/4" in red cloth with illustrated pasted-down on front cover. Light fraying spine ends, corners. Covers moderately soiled and smudged.End papers browned from old clippings. Abrasion and a few light scratches on cover paste-down. Rear hinge just starting. Interesting book. Hundreds of photo-type illustrations. 412pp. Good coverage of the COUNTRY not just the canal. Fascinating glimpse of Panama as it once was.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- THE BOOK VAULT
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000213
- Title
- Panama And the Canal in Picture and Prose
- Author
- Abbot, Willis J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Syndicate Publishing Company, NY, 1913
- Keywords
- PANAMA CANAL, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ENGINEERING, CANALS, LOCKS, GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- travel; History; Engineering;
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THE BOOK VAULT
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About the Seller
THE BOOK VAULT
Biblio member since 2005
Endicott, New York
About THE BOOK VAULT
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...