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Annals of the Town of Dorchester, 1750.
by Blake, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David Clapp, Jr.. Very Good. 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing, wear, and soil to boards; tanning to recto of double page frontis of facsimile historical signatures; tanning to publisher's announcement in rear. ; Original black cloth back and green paper over boards, lettered in black. Ownership name of Henry G. Denny in pencil front endpaper. Also written in pencil underneath the last name first column of facsimile signatures 'my ancestor' with a line under Thomas Dickerman. ; Collections of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, No. Two; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 95 pages .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11528
- Title
- Annals of the Town of Dorchester, 1750.
- Author
- Blake, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Clapp, Jr.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- HISTORY, LOCAL History, MASSACHUSETTS, AMERICANA, United Stated History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
GRASS VALLEY, California
About G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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- Cloth
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Facsimile
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- G
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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