The Life of Thomas Eddy, Comprising an Extensive Correspondence
by Samuel L Knapp
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Camden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Edmund Fry & Son, 1836. early reprint ed. hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, brown leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, corners lightly rubbed, some foxing on interior pages, owner's gift dedication in pencil (Eddy relatives), life and letters of American merchant, philanthropist, politician, Thomas Eddy 1758-1827, 264 pages + ephemera
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- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16356
- Title
- The Life of Thomas Eddy, Comprising an Extensive Correspondence
- Author
- Samuel L Knapp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- early reprint ed
- Publisher
- Edmund Fry & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1836
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Stone Soup Books
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Camden, Maine
About Stone Soup Books
Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...