American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the Second Session of the Nineteenth to the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress, Commencing January 12, 1827, and ending March 1, 1824-1827, Class VI, Volumes II and III, Naval Affairs
by Dickins, Asbury and John W. Forney
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copies, Volume II, rebound in a creamy black buckram cloth and with new endpapers and gilt-stamped titles to spines, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; ex-library, but only minimally so, there being an ink-stamp to each volume at title page nothing that the volume had once been in the U.S. Congressional Library, but with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Previous owner's ink-stamp at title page, having been once in the library of the House of Representatives. Massively heavy, oversized volume. Occasional smudging to or crimping of pages, else, tightly bound, clean and unmarked of interiors.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- 346750
- Title
- American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the Second Session of the Nineteenth to the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress, Commencing January 12, 1827, and ending March 1, 1824-1827, Class VI, Volumes II and III, Naval Affairs
- Author
- Dickins, Asbury and John W. Forney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gales & Seaton
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American State Papers|U.S. Congress|19th Congress|20th Congress|21st Congress
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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