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The Swamp Lands of the State of North Carolina, Facts for Emigrants and Capitalists
by Worth, Jonathan; [and] W. H. Husted; [and] C. H. Wiley; (By Order of the Literary Board)
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Raleigh, N.C.: Printed by W. E. Pell, State Printer- Sentnel Office, 1867. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 31 pages. Bound in mid-20th century cloth-backed pressboard with a paper label on the front cover. The original pamphlet is held in with flexible cloth tape with the tape extending about 3/4 an inch over the spine of the pamphlet. Brown printed wrappers bound in. A sound copy. The text it toned, and there is some foxing on the wrappers. Printed on the rear wrapper is, "For further information, and terms of sale, apply to the Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C." This is not an illustrated work. Printed just two years after the Civil War. Scarce. NOT FOUND IN THORNTON.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041511
- Title
- The Swamp Lands of the State of North Carolina, Facts for Emigrants and Capitalists
- Author
- Worth, Jonathan; [and] W. H. Husted; [and] C. H. Wiley; (By Order of the Literary Board)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Printed by W. E. Pell, State Printer- Sentnel Office
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Date Published
- 1867
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1867; Jonathan Worth; W. H. Husted; C. H. Wiley; Literary Board; Raleigh; North Carolina; History; Rare; Collectible; 19th Century; Geology; Swamps; Swamp Lands; Emigrant; Immigrant.
- Bookseller catalogs
- North Carolina; Geology;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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