AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF BILLERICA, IN MASSACHUSETTS. CONTAINING NOTICES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS, IN THE CIVIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN. FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO 181
by Farmer, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Amherst, N.H, 1816. 36pp. Original printed wrappers in later half morocco and cloth boards. Spine heavily worn, hinges cracked, wraps detached. Later ownership inscriptions on front wrapper and first text leaf, otherwise internally clean. Good. Untrimmed. Short history of Billerica, between Boston and Lowell in Massachusetts, with a focus on religious affairs. SABIN 23825. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 37557
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF BILLERICA, IN MASSACHUSETTS. CONTAINING NOTICES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS, IN THE CIVIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN. FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO 181
- Author
- Farmer, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Amherst, N.H
- Date Published
- 1816
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....