A LETTER ON THE GENIUS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING A VIEW OF THE TAXATION OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE. ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND, BY AN AMERICAN RECENTLY RETURNED FROM EUROPE
by (Walsh, Robert)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore. Published by P.H. Nicklin and Co.; also by Hopkins and Earle, Philadelphia; Farrand, Mallory and Co. Boston; E.F. Backus, Albany; Williams and Whiting, New York; J. Parker, Pittsburgh; and E. Monford, Wellington and Co. Charleston, South Carolina.The first edition, highly critical of France. Walsh lived in Baltimore and published in 1811 "the first quarterly that was issued in the United States, 'The American Review of History and Politics.'" Leather label on spine, gilt lettering partially worn off. Front hinge cracked, but attached. Some foxing and light damp staining. iv + 253 pp. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Issue. 1810.
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- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005359
- Title
- A LETTER ON THE GENIUS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING A VIEW OF THE TAXATION OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE. ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND, BY AN AMERICAN RECENTLY RETURNED FROM EUROPE
- Author
- (Walsh, Robert)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1810
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History; Travel; France; Taxtation
Terms of Sale
Sheila B. Amdur
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About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- New
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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...
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