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The New Puritan: New England Two Hundred Years Ago--Some Account of the Life of Robert Pike, the Puritan Who Defended the Quakers, Resisted Clerical Domination, and Opposed the Witchcraft Prosecution
by Pike, James S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by Pike! First edition, 1879, hardcover with gilt stamped brown cloth boards, octavo, 237pp., not illustrated. Book VG with edgewear to spine ends and corners, rubbing and faint soil to boards and spine, binding tight, previous owner Ralph Tracy Hale's signature to front flyleaf, one page faintly off-set from receipt, otherwise text clean and unmarked with general toning throughout. No DJ, but now in archival mylar wrap.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C000025031
- Title
- The New Puritan: New England Two Hundred Years Ago--Some Account of the Life of Robert Pike, the Puritan Who Defended the Quakers, Resisted Clerical Domination, and Opposed the Witchcraft Prosecution
- Author
- Pike, James S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- New England, American History
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- Cloth
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- VG
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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