AMERICA'S INSULAR POSSESSIONS

Published by The John C. Winston Co, Philadelphia, 1906

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Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.johnson rare books & archives, ABAA

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"The following pages treat of the American possessions abroad, including the Philippine Islands, to which a separate volume has been devoted." Also described in considerable detail are the Great Antilles, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Hawaii. Octavo, two volumes: 560 pp. + 566 pp. with frontispieces and 49 full-page plates with red-printed captioned tissue guards, all photogravures after photographs, as well as a folding map, printed in black and aqua, and a folding profile. The title pages are printed in red and black. In the publisher's forest green flat-weave cloth bindings, with gilt-stamped ruled borders with shield corners, star devices, three coats-of-arms, and stylized foliate surround for American eagle device on stippled field on the front panels, and gilt-stamped ruled bands, American eagle device, and titling on the spines. Top edge gilt, with a red silk ribbon marker. Light wear to the corners and tips; else near fine. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin.…

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Title
AMERICA'S INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Author
Forbes-Lindsay, C.H.
Publisher
The John C. Winston Co, Philadelphia
Publication year
1906
Condition
Near fine
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
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Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located at The Book Shop in downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian.

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