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The New-Orleans Book [New Orleans, Louisiana]
by Barnwell, Robert Gibbes (Editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New Orleans: Robert Gibbes Barnwell, 1851. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Xii, 384 Pp. Original Red Ribbed Cloth, Gilt Lettering On Spine, Gilt Crescent Moon On Front Cover, Gilt Swan And Brood In Nest On Rear Cover. Decorative Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. 1850 Copyright Date, 1851 On Title Page, No Publisher Indicated, Copyright Page Indicates Printed In Boston At Wright & Harry's Steam Press, Apparently This Being The First Publication. A Compilation Of Prose And Verse By Several Dozen Authors. Covers Worn, All Gilt Still Present, Fraying At Corners And Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, Hinges Intact. Inscribed On Second Free Endpaper With Linked Chain, Three Links With Initials [J-L-F?], Fourth Link Containing "Of", "Fidelity From P H Willan Esq. Of Long America No.L 1 To Mle. Coyle Of B. B. Sept. 24 '1855"; Book Label Of Plantation Book Shop, Natchez., Miss. On Front Pastedown. Very Scarce In The Trade, But Worldcat Locates Many Institutional Copies.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029470
- Title
- The New-Orleans Book [New Orleans, Louisiana]
- Author
- Barnwell, Robert Gibbes (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Robert Gibbes Barnwell
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans
- Date Published
- 1851
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Louisiana General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; "Genealogy;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- 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...
- 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....
- Copyright page
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