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A Guide Book To West Point and Vicinity: Containing Descriptive, Historical, and Statistical Sketches of the United States Military Academy
by COLTON, J. H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: J. H. Colton, 1844. First edition. 12mo, original brown blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering on front cover.Map of West Point in color, 13 inches wide and 16 inches tall serves as frontispiece. Map is complete and with no tears. Very good condition with some foxing.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40601
- Title
- A Guide Book To West Point and Vicinity: Containing Descriptive, Historical, and Statistical Sketches of the United States Military Academy
- Author
- COLTON, J. H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. H. Colton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1844
- Weight
- 0.00
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About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- 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...
- 12mo
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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...
- 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...
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