The Foresters, An American Tale:; Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier
by BELKNAP, Jeremy
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good(-)
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, 1792. First. hardcover. very good(-). Frontispiece. 12mo, original sheep with leather spine olabel; top of spine chipped. Boston: I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, 1792. First Edition.<br/><br/> With the frontispiece in the first state, and the note at p. 77 in the corrected form. With the Arthur Swann bookplate, and note in his hand.The work is often accounted the third work of fiction to be both written and published first in the United States. BAL 929; Evans 24086<br/><br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 252573
- Title
- The Foresters, An American Tale:; Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier
- Author
- BELKNAP, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good(-)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1792
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....