Early Portsmouth History
by May, Ralf
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Ivoryton, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: C.E. Goodspeed, 1926 2020-09-05. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Authors inscribed calling card included with copy. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed, 1st Edition, 1926, 8vo., 285pp.. Cloth binding with gilt top text-block. Associated gift inscription with authors signed calling card. Front hinge cracked, frontispiece loose, bright pages light rubbing to cloth. Well packaged, ships with tracking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource for Art and Music Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200905012
- Title
- Early Portsmouth History
- Author
- May, Ralf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- C.E. Goodspeed
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926 2020-09-05
- Keywords
- Portsmouth (N.H.) -- History.| New Hampshire -- Portsmouth.
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Ivoryton, Connecticut
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