Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1890. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 308 pages. Hard cover bound in brown cloth. The binding shows some rubbing and wear, affecting the 1791 of the title on the front cover. Inner gutter starting between the copyright page and the dedication page. Text is clean. This is the original 1890 edition and NOT a reprint.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020412
Title: 1791: A Tale of San Domingo.
Author: Gilliam, E. W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Publisher: John Murphy & Co.
Place of Publication: Baltimore
Date Published: 1890
Keywords: 1890. E. W. Gilliam. San Domingo. 1791. History. Fiction. Literature. Action. Adventure. John Murphy & Co. 18th century. 19th century. Historical
Bookseller catalogs: Literature & Fiction;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...