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The Financier and the Finances of the American Revolution, 2 volume set
by William Graham Sumner
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st edition. Very Good hardcovers, no DJs. Blue cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine; top edges gilt. Clean covers and spine, lightly scuffed; spines slightly darkened - titles still clear; vol 2 bumped at spine head causing some wrinkling at top fore corner; tightly bound and square in cases; owner name on front free end papers and on vol 1 fly-title following table of contents; light, clean interior; leaves remain supple. Large 8vos, 639 pp (pages 309, 330); index, biblio.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19495
- Title
- The Financier and the Finances of the American Revolution, 2 volume set
- Author
- William Graham Sumner
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ROBERT MORRIS; CONGRESS; CONTINENTAL; CONSTITUTION; TREASURY; BANKING; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; CABINET; SOCIOLOGY; YALE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economy, History, Politics;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Gilt
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- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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