A History of New York from The Beginning of the World to The End of the Dutch Dynasty
by IRVING,WASHINGTON;PARRISH,MAXFIELD [ILLS.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
john lane london 1900. first edition thus 299pp ills.[8 b/w ills.by maxfield parrish] VG+ (brown paper boards w.red cloth spine,b/w/gilt plate to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.soiled) tidy copy
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- Hard To Find Books
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- 67784
- Title
- A History of New York from The Beginning of the World to The End of the Dutch Dynasty
- Author
- IRVING,WASHINGTON;PARRISH,MAXFIELD [ILLS.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- john lane london 1900
- Keywords
- modern first edition literature washington irving maxfield parrish
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
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