ROPEMAKERS OF PLYMOUTH: A History of the Plymouth Cordage Company, 1824-1949
by Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA/Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1950. 178 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine and edges a bit sunned; light fraying to spine ends. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear, tear, and chipping to edges. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, b/w plates, and b/w figures of how to tie knots.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9719IND
- Title
- ROPEMAKERS OF PLYMOUTH: A History of the Plymouth Cordage Company, 1824-1949
- Author
- Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA/Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- INDUSTRY BUSINESS ECONOMY ECONOMICS PLYMOUTH CORDAGE COMPANY 1824 1949 ROPEMAKERS ROPEMAKING ROPES CORDS USEFUL KNOTS TYING KNOTS AMERICANA MASSACHUSETTS STATE HISTORY MA AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL AUTHORS MORISON SAMUEL ELIOT 1887
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- Industry; Economics;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- 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...