MANUAL for the USE OF THE LEGISLATURE of the STATE OF NEW YORK 1874
by (New York State) XX
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG book. With 2 f/o plans of the Senate & Assembly.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Weed Parsons. VG book. With 2 f/o plans of the Senate & Assembly.. 1874. Hardcover. VG book. Small 8vo, lxii,472pp. Full red leather. Gilt spine lettering "MANUAL 1874" and elaborate gilt floral design. . New York State Assembly member sticker inside front cover. All cover gilt quite bright. Cover extrems rubbed. Tight binding. Text block edges stained red. First & last leaves, including the fold outs, lightly foxed. All other leaves bright, clear & free from any sort of stain. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003450
- Title
- MANUAL for the USE OF THE LEGISLATURE of the STATE OF NEW YORK 1874
- Author
- (New York State) XX
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. With 2 f/o plans of the Senate & Assembly.
- Publisher
- Weed Parsons
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- VG book. Small 8vo, lxii,472pp. Full red leather. Gilt spine lettering, "MANUAL 1874" and elaborate gilt floral design., nonf (N)
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- VG
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- New
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- Leaves
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- Tight
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- Spine
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