DEBATES AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF VIRGINIA [SIGNED BY MATHEW CAREY]
by Robertson, David [Scribe]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine Davis, 1805. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 477 pages, [7]. In Very Good minus. Rebound in black cloth library binding, with gilt lettering to spine. Boards show very light wear to corners. Textblock has moderate age-toning to uncut edges, light shelf-wear to bottom edge, minor chipping to fore edge, and light age toning and foxing throughout interior. Title-page is loose from binding. Title page also has the stamp of two libraries as well as the following inscription in ink: "Presented to the Antiquarian / Society of / Worcester / June 10th, 1814 / By M Carey / of Philada." RW Consignment. Shelved Case 7. 1351964. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1351964
- Title
- DEBATES AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF VIRGINIA [SIGNED BY MATHEW CAREY]
- Author
- Robertson, David [Scribe]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine Davis
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1805
- Keywords
- Early American Statutes
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
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- Chipping
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- Library Binding
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Fore Edge
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- Title Page
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