THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; ARRANGED UNDER DIRECTION OF THE HON. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, SECRETARY OF STATE [4 VOLUMES]
by O'Callaghan, E.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 Volumes; Octavos; 786/1211/1215/1143 pages, all plates appear present; G+; Bound in black cloth with gilt text; Covers have moderate edgewear, mild shelfwear, Bumping and rubbing to corners, bending and tearing along spine edges, Volume 4 has splitting along front joint, spine cloth partially separated from binding; Textblocks have foxing to almost all pages, Volume 1 has book plate on front pastedown; Larnell 1085; Howes B16; RWO. 1366367. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1366367
- Title
- THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; ARRANGED UNDER DIRECTION OF THE HON. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, SECRETARY OF STATE [4 VOLUMES]
- Author
- O'Callaghan, E.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Weed, Parsons & Co
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- New York
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.