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The Story of Baw-a-ting Being the Annals of Sault Sainte Marie.
by Capp, Edward H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Sault Sainte Marie, Canada: N.p., 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 261, (2) pages. Hardcover bound in dark green cloth with a paper label on the spine. The binding shows rubbing and wear with bumping to the corners. This is the limited and numbered signed First Edition, #179 of 300 copies. A Forget Me Not bookmark has been laid in loosely between the limitation page and the frontis, resulting in a offsetting or browning on the limitation page. There is a paperclip impression at the top of the frontis and a chip out of the top edge of the title page which is still loose inside the book. the front and rear paste downs each have an ink stamp reading, "Property of Otto Supe / Sault Ste. Marie, Mich." A sound copy with clean text and untrimmed fore and bottom edge. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with text and marginal drawings as well as a few plates.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050039
- Title
- The Story of Baw-a-ting Being the Annals of Sault Sainte Marie.
- Author
- Capp, Edward H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- Sault Sainte Marie, Canada
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1904; Edward H. Capp; Sault Sainte Marie; Bawating; MARQUETTE; CANADA; CATHOLIC; CATHOLICS; FRENCH CANADIAN; MISSION; MISSIONARIES; LIMITED EDITION; NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS; CHRISTIAN; COURREURS DE BOIS ET BRULES.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Native American Interests; History of Religion in America;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
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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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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