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THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING INPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, 4th CONGRESS
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate General Wear/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1849. TWO VOLUMES uniformly bound. Comprising 1st and 2nd sessions of the 4th Congress. 1795-1797. Red and black leather spine labels. Front cover of Volume 1 has been professionally repaired. All hinges have been reinforced. Material on treaty with Great Britain, post offices, taxes, fortifications, the navy, and more. 2966 total pages + indices. Text quite clean throughout. Book-plate of former owners on both front pastedowns. . First Edition. Full Brown Calf. Moderate General Wear/No Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014544
- Title
- THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING INPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, 4th CONGRESS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate General Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gales and Seaton
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1849
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- US History, Government, US Congress
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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