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The New Jersey Register for the Year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven being the First Year of Publication
by Joseph C. Potts
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Trenton: Phillkps & Boswell, 1837. First edition. Leather_bound. Good. First edition. 16mo. in oriignal marbled paper covered boards over leather spine stamped in gilt. 260 pp. plus 40 pp. appendix of "Popular Law Forms" and one page of "Corrections". though a tight copy, the leather of the binding is well rubbed, corners rounded, stain to the upper outer portion of the rear board. Ownership notation "Chas W. Roberts/ Salem New Jersey/ July 4th 1837" on second front blank. Heavily foxed throughout. Contains an almanac with engraved headers for each month; section of information of the federal goverment and history including Washington's Farewell Address, offices of the federal goverment and those offices and office holders in New Jersey, post offices and postmasters, Digest of Laws of the United Sattes, revenues and expenditures of 1835; presidentail election results; members of the 24th Congress. A chronological history of North America; constitution of New Jersey, court calendars, township populations and their voting for presidential electors, financials; colleges in the U.S.; religious denominations in the U.S.; geology of the State; manufactires of Newark, Paterson, and Trenton.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23594
- Title
- The New Jersey Register for the Year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven being the First Year of Publication
- Author
- Joseph C. Potts
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Phillkps & Boswell
- Place of Publication
- Trenton
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- new jersey, garden state, almanacs, history, trenton, paterson, newark,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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