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FALCKNER'S CURIEUSE NACHRICHT VON PENNSYLVANIA. THE BOOK THAT STIMULATED THE GREAT GERMAN EMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE XVIII CENTURY
by Sachse, Julius Friedrich
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author. Very Good+. 1905. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, one of 250 copies. A reprint of the Edition of 1702, amplified with the text of the Original Manuscript in the Halle Archives. With an Introduction and English translation of the complete work. Clean maroon cloth has paper spine label; bright gilt title on front cover with a design. Top edge gilt with deckle page edges. Portrait frontispiece. Illustrated with chapter head vignettes; drawings; plates with some color. Prior owners signature. German Emigration to Pennsylvania ; Chapter Heads Vignrttes, Plates, Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 256 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16021
- Title
- FALCKNER'S CURIEUSE NACHRICHT VON PENNSYLVANIA. THE BOOK THAT STIMULATED THE GREAT GERMAN EMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE XVIII CENTURY
- Author
- Sachse, Julius Friedrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pennsylvania;
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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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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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