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BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA 1878 & SUPPLEMENT FOR 1879 Being a Priced Catalogue of a Large Collection of Books and Pamphlets (Nearly 7000 Items) Relating to America for Sale by Robert Clarke & Co.
by Multiple Contributors
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.. Good+. 1878-79. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 4 Americana book catalogs bound into red flexible boards . Text tight & intact. Spine ends & edges rubbed. #1: 1878 BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, (6) 262 pages; #2: 1878 Historical & Miscellaneous Publications, 64 pages; #3: April, 1879 A Catalogue of Second Hand Books, Drama, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Science, Biography & Travels, 19 pages; #4: 1879 Supplement of Valuable Books, (4) 92 pages. Original pale green pamphlet covers : Bibliotheca Americana 1878 &1879 bound-in. Three pages have hand written price lists and a few check marks in margins. Books on Books; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6807
- Title
- BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA 1878 & SUPPLEMENT FOR 1879 Being a Priced Catalogue of a Large Collection of Books and Pamphlets (Nearly 7000 Items) Relating to America for Sale by Robert Clarke & Co.
- Author
- Multiple Contributors
- Format/Binding
- Flexible cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1878-79
- Keywords
- Books On Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books About Books; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Books are conservatively described. Full refund within 20 days. Books mailed upon notification of sale. Books sold by direct payment to bookseller will be shipped after receipt of check or notice of payment through paypal. If your book are heavy or oversized, we may contact you for additional shipping. All books/ephemera are securely packaged to assure safe arrival at their destination. All books for sale are in-stock on premises.
About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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