Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Embracing a Concise History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families [Vol. I + II, Complete]
by Montgomery, Morton L
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers and Co., 1909. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original 1909 edition, complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in black 1/2 leather, dark brown cloth-covered boards, spine panels lettered in gilt, decorated endpapers with hinges reinforced in cloth (original to issue), text block edged in gilt. xxxii,784 + xx,785-1723 pp. (continuously paginated), illus. throughout w/ b&w portrait and other plates w/ tissue guards. Leather typically is mildly rubbed at corners and along joints, with mild exposure at top corners, otherwise nicely intact, without shredding or fraying. Cover cloth shows a few mild surface marks but is also quite presentable. Firm bindings. Closed tear to front blank in Vol. I; the front blank of each volume also shows the pencil signature of former owner D[aniel] L. Wartzenluft (a Kutztown shoe merchant)..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064368
- Title
- Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Embracing a Concise History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families [Vol. I + II, Complete]
- Author
- Montgomery, Morton L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. H. Beers and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genealogy; Pennsylvania: Berks County;
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