The Beginnings of New England or the Puritan Theocracy in Its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty
by Fiske, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, The Riverside Press, 1889 Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in red cloth; gilt title on spine, and gilt top edge. Corners, head & tail of spine lightly bumped, otherwise fine. Name of previous owner written in brown ink on front fly leaf. Author's signed & cancelled bank check pasted inside front cover. 296 pages, index; hand tinted fold-out map..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B00206
- Title
- The Beginnings of New England or the Puritan Theocracy in Its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty
- Author
- Fiske, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, The Riverside Press, 1889
- Keywords
- UNITED STATES HISTORY
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....