Wadsworth or the Charter Oak
by Gocher, W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket; Lower front corner bumped. Jacket tattered and toned with some internal tape repairs and chips a
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, CT: Self Published. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Lower front corner bumped. Jacket tattered . and toned with some internal tape repairs and chips at spine and corners.. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy decorative cloth binding with titles and decorations in gilt, top edge gilt, deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Black and white frontispiece illustration and other black and white illustrations and portraits. A history of early Hartford, Connecticut, the Wadsworth family, and the Connecticut River Valley area with a focus on the earliest land grants, social history, and political environment. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38996
- Title
- Wadsworth or the Charter Oak
- Author
- Gocher, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Lower front corner bumped. Jacket tattered and toned with some internal tape repairs and chips a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Self Published
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HARTFORD, Connecticut, Wadsworth Family, Connecticut History
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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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...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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