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The White City The Historical Biogaphical, and Philanthropical Record of Virginia and West Virginia and Their State Exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition
by Chicago World Book Company
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago World Book Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt decoations show heavy rubbing and some soiling, a few nicks to cloth. Spine has severe tilt, hinges cracked with tearing to gutter paper. Pages age toned, first few a bit brittle. Celebration of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago Worlds Fair) illustrated throughout with advertisements and historical photographs. With sections on Virginia and West Virginia, Ohio, Minnesota, Montana. ; MCN34096; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41427
- Title
- The White City The Historical Biogaphical, and Philanthropical Record of Virginia and West Virginia and Their State Exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition
- Author
- Chicago World Book Company
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chicago World Book Company
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- U.S. History Americana World's Fair Expositions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
McCormick Books
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About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
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