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A Guide to Hayti (Haiti)
by Redpath, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Haitian Bureau of Emigration, 1861. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 180, 12 pages. Hardcover bound in original full taupe publisher's cloth. The binding has been rebacked with the original spine laid down and with the corners reinforced. New endpapers. A sound copy; the binding is a little tight. Text is toned. Complete with the frontis portrait and a large folding color map. A piece of paper (the 20th century binder's notes) were taped onto the Dedication page resulting in browning on that page and the facing page. This shows up a bit on the title page as well.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049815
- Title
- A Guide to Hayti (Haiti)
- Author
- Redpath, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Haitian Bureau of Emigration
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1861
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1861; James Redpath; Haiti; Hayti; History; Guide; Travel; Map; Rare; Collectible; 19th Century; Boston.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Travel;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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