Index to American Genealogies; and to genealogical material contained in all works such as town histories, county histories, local histories, historical society publications, biographies, historical periodicals, and kindred works, alphabetically Arranged
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1900. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 352 pp. "Enabling the reader to ascertain whether the genealogy of any family, or any part of it, is printed, either by itself or embodied in other works." Spine reads "Munsell's Genealogical Index 1900." Arranged alphabetically, with surnames in bold black type followed by a list of references with page citations. From the library of Francis Greene, historian and author of 'The History of Boothbay, Southport, and Boothbay Harbor, Maine', the definitive history of the Boothbay region, with his name stamps on feps and bookplate on the rear pastedown. Maroon cloth, faded on spine, with faded "ghost" outline of an adjacent book on back panel, foxed endpapers. Text block is still tight and strongly attached into the covers. VG
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5265B
- Title
- Index to American Genealogies; and to genealogical material contained in all works such as town histories, county histories, local histories, historical society publications, biographies, historical periodicals, and kindred works, alphabetically Arranged
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Joel Munsell's Sons
- Place of Publication
- Albany, New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Munsell's Genealogical Index
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genealogy;
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Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
About Lippincott Books
We invite you to browse through the approximately 1800 books we have listed online on a wide variety of subjects, including strong holdings in Maine history and literature, lumbering, the North Woods of Maine, and Eastern Woodland Indians. We've been in business since 1975, over 25 years with a general antiquarian bookshop in Bangor.We are open by appointment; most of our stock of over 20,000 old and rare books have never been listed online, including a large selection of books on Maine and the Maine Woods. We are regularly adding to our inventory with new acquisitions.
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