Azariah Eldridge
by Eldridge Genealogy
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Private Press, 1889. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo.. Private Press, 1889. 8vo. Brown cloth binding, fancy interlock initials in gilt to front board, gilt titles, all edges gilt, 58 pp. A memorial book to a beloved citizen, common in the 19th century. Grey coated endpapers with bookplate or Norfolk Library and signature of Miss Mary Eldridge, 1889, presumably a relative of the deceased. Remnants of pocket to inside front board. Engraved portrait and facsimile signature of Azariah Eldridge, protective tissue. 58 pp. with head and tail decorations. Eldridge lived in Yarmouth, on Cape Cod, who erected a monument to the last Native American in Yarmouth, among other good works. Front hinge cracked. Good condition. Scarce..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008490
- Title
- Azariah Eldridge
- Author
- Eldridge Genealogy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Private Press
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- ELDRIDGE GENEALOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape Cod;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
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- Facsimile
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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