The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
by Barber, John Warner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: H. S. Parsons & Co. Good. 1842. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 624 pages; 1842 H. S. Parsons & Co. HC 1st edition thus, including treatment of Pennsylvania. Rebound in mid 20th century heavy burgundy buckram with utilitationa gilt titling to spine. Illustrated with woodcuts and maps, some full page and some in-text. Lacks the folding map. Scattered spotting and foxing to pages, generally light to moderate but here and there heavier. Several pages with shallow loss along the front margin not affecting the text; page 329/330 missing the top front corner of the page with loss of a small area of text. One plate has had a closed tear mended on the reverse blank surface. No marks; trace evidence of a bookplate to front pastedown. Good only .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45482
- Title
- The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
- Author
- Barber, John Warner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- H. S. Parsons & Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1842
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial & Revolutionary Period US History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Buckram
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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