REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1859 [Patent Office Report]: AGRICULTURE. House of Representatives, 36th Congress, 1st session, Ex. Doc. 11; Native Grapes of Arkansas and Texas (Williams); Tartaric Acid in Grapes (Antisell); Veterinary Medicin (Craig); English Plows and Plowing (French); etc
by William D. Bishop (Commissioner); H. C. Williams, Thomas Antisell, Dr. B. F. Craig, Henry F. French, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good minus
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Washington D.C: George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Sold as an original reading copy despite difficult condition. Single volume, sold as an original reference copy only. Octavo, 9" tall, viii + 590 pages, 2 illustrated frontispieces, blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt titles. A fair copy overall, exterior cloth significantly chipped at all edges, binding broken, scattered foxing throughout, though most of the paper is bright, most of the internal binding is solid but two early signatures loose, text paper light to moderately yellowed, BUT there is damp staining to the back cover and last ten pages, cover cloth is stained and loose from boards.
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- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46205
- Title
- REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1859 [Patent Office Report]: AGRICULTURE. House of Representatives, 36th Congress, 1st session, Ex. Doc. 11; Native Grapes of Arkansas and Texas (Williams); Tartaric Acid in Grapes (Antisell); Veterinary Medicin (Craig); English Plows and Plowing (French); etc
- Author
- William D. Bishop (Commissioner); H. C. Williams, Thomas Antisell, Dr. B. F. Craig, Henry F. French, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George W. Bowman, Printer
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- agriculture, grapes, husbandry, farming
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology;
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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