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This Was Sawmilling
by Ralph W. Andrews
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1957. Limited, Signed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited Edition signed and numbered, number 1,173 of 3,000 copies signed by author Ralph Andrews in blue ink on copyright page. 176 pages heavily illustrated with hundreds of historic black and white photos. Detailed look of sawmilling in the Pacific Northwest. Book is Fine, tight and square with sharp corners, green cloth with lighter green titles to front board and spine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, never read condition. Jacket is Near Fine spine a tad sunned and light wear to head and heel of spine, bright photo on front panel of a sawmill in operation, rear panel has 5 advertisements for Superior books, true first state jacket. Jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. An ultra clean signed limited edition, most presentable. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000700
- Title
- This Was Sawmilling
- Author
- Ralph W. Andrews
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited, Signed
- Publisher
- Superior Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Sawmilling, Pacifc Northwest History, Logging
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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