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The Letters of Robert Mackay to His Wife: Written from ports in America and England 1795-1816: With an Introduction and Notes by Walter Charlton Hartridge. Published under the Auspices of the Georgia Society of the Colonial Dames of America
by Mackay, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. xxxii, 325 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Mackay. Brick cloth hardcover with gilt Church steeple illustration on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. No dust jacket. Some soiling to the foredge. Interior contents are very clean. Previous owner bookplate on the front paste down. Mackay was a merchant from Savannah Georgia.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14388
- Title
- The Letters of Robert Mackay to His Wife: Written from ports in America and England 1795-1816
- Author
- Mackay, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1949
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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