History of the Post-office Packet Service Between the Years 1793-1815 (compiled from records, chiefly official)
by Arthur H Norway
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G++
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London/NY: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition. Hardcover. G++. Publisher's blue cloth with edge/corner wear, small stain to front cover, spine sunned, firmly bound, occasional foxing, light paper toning, unmarked. 312 pages, illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Jessie Brewster (Miss Jessie Brewster of Shelton, CT?) on the front paste-down page
Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
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- Bookseller
- North Country Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22750
- Title
- History of the Post-office Packet Service Between the Years 1793-1815 (compiled from records, chiefly official)
- Author
- Arthur H Norway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London/NY
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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North Country Books
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Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...