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The Raft; Or The Widow's Two Sons
by Todd, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Pittsfield, Mass: E. P. Little, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 64 (i.e., 68) pp: Pp. 17-20 are repeated. Publisher's black cloth embossed in blind on the boards and in gilt on the spine. Edges and corners worn, binding and text stained but still a good copy. Second Sabbath School Series No. 1.
Scarce; only four copies located in institutions worldwide. Uncommon but significant as it constitutes a very early description of the White Mountains and Franconia Notch, New Hampshire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18943
- Title
- The Raft; Or The Widow's Two Sons
- Author
- Todd, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Little
- Place of Publication
- Pittsfield, Mass
- Date Published
- 1844
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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