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Register of Albemarle Parish; Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778
by Richards, Gertrude R.B.; Florence M. Leonard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, VA: The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia , 1958. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 451 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with gold lettering. There is light to moderate external wear to the binding, which is bumped at the corners and faded along the spine. The front inner hinge is cracked with the muslin beneath exposed. The text is toned but clean and sound.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051029
- Title
- Register of Albemarle Parish; Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778
- Author
- Richards, Gertrude R.B.; Florence M. Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1958; Gertrude R. B. Richards; Florence M. Leonard; Albemarle Parish Register; Registry; Genealogy; Geneology; Surry County; Sussex County; Virginia; Commonwealth of Virginia; Virginia Historical Society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genealogy; Virginia;
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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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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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