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A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts; with Numerous Illustrations on Wood and Steel
by Nason, Elias
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/no dust jacket
- Seller
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East Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
B. B. Russell, Boston, 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/no dust jacket. 576pp. Faded red cloth with beveled edges and embossed linesand state seal in gilt on front cover. Folded color map of Massachusetts has tear. All towns arranged alphabetically. Text clean and tight, with the exception of pasges 142-145 which are soiled with a triangular piece about 3.75 by 2" torn off top of page 143-144. Some foxing of tissued steel plates, text engravings clean. JA2A Quantity Available: 1. Category: Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Reference; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3639. .
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- Bookseller
- John McKenna
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3639
- Title
- A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts; with Numerous Illustrations on Wood and Steel
- Author
- Nason, Elias
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. B. Russell
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- BZDB60 MASSACHUSETTSMAPS Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Reference; Nason, Elias A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts; with Numerous Illustrations on Wood and Steel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Reference;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John McKenna
Biblio member since 2018
East Northport, New York
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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