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Bundling: Its Origins, Progress and Decline in America
by Stiles, M.D., Henry Reed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Knickerbocker Publishing Company, 1871. First Edition. Fine in brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket. 138 pages including an index, appendices and text. This is the first appearance of this title not to be confused with the reprint done by the Peter Pauper Press which only. contains 88 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB30977
- Title
- Bundling: Its Origins, Progress and Decline in America
- Author
- Stiles, M.D., Henry Reed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knickerbocker Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1871
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- 12mo
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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