United States Constitution and [first six letters of] The Federalist Papers as printed in The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces
by MADISON, James; John JAY; Alexander HAMILTON
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1787. First Edition. Volume Two of The American Museum, over 600 pages, octavo, rebound in full leather, new endpapers, red leather spine label and gilt print. Includes very early printings of the Constitution and first six letters of the Federalist Papers. Very Good, some issue title pages and several other pages with loss to fore-edge margins archivally mended or strengthened, few pages with old agricultural college blindstamp.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37721
- Title
- United States Constitution and [first six letters of] The Federalist Papers as printed in The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces
- Author
- MADISON, James; John JAY; Alexander HAMILTON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mathew Carey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1787
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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East Woodstock, Connecticut
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- Spine Label
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- New
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- Blindstamp
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- 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...
- Rebound
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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