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Ira Allen Founder of Vermont 1751-1814
by Wilbur, James Benjamin
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, Vol. I: color portrait frontispiece and other illustrations, 544pp., Vol II: Frontispiece of the Ira Allen Chapel in black and white, title page with a central medallion devise from the Ira Allen half-dollar issued in 1927 to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Bennington, along with other illustrations, 570pp. This is the history of Vermont. from the early colonial period where it was controlled by English law to its founding by Ira Allen and the struggle to statehood. and more. Bound in red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, previous owner's name with his embossed stamp to lower corner of front free endpapers. A clean bright fine set in near fine dust jacket with some toning, light chipping to spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022919
- Title
- Ira Allen Founder of Vermont 1751-1814
- Author
- Wilbur, James Benjamin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Vermont
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Regional America;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
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