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HISTORY of the SIEGE of BOSTON
by RICHARD FROTHINGHAM
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Salida, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Boston: LITTLE, BROWN & CO, 1949. Later printing. Hardcover Hardcover. Poor. Boston: LITTLE, BROWN & CO, 1949. Later printing. Fair. This is an 1890 printing of the 1849 edition. Covers are bumped, soiled, cloth is frayed and a small strip is missing off the rear corner. Binding is loose but intact although the endpaper, title page, and one page of text are detached but present. Contents are foxed, some pages have taped repairs which have yellowed. there is some dampstain. There are 2 tissue maps present but they are both in pieces with a few small pieces missing-there may be another map and, if so, it is missing. This was once a library book with a spine sticker and the remnants of a card pocket the only library marks.
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- Bookseller
- West of Denver Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2119
- Title
- HISTORY of the SIEGE of BOSTON
- Author
- RICHARD FROTHINGHAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LITTLE, BROWN & CO
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1949
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- History;
Terms of Sale
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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