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The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880 In Four Volumes
by Winsor, Justin (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, dampstain at top and bottom margins, Volume three and four boards dampst
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, dampstain at top . and bottom margins, Volume three and four boards dampstained and bowed, . volume three noticeably more sunned at spine.. 1881. Hardcover. Complete in four quarto volumes. Uniformly bound in full dark brown leather with all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Six compartments on spine stamped in blind and in gilt. Gilt-stamped turn-ins. Numerous illustrations, signature facsimiles, heliotypes, maps, index in each volume. A handsome set. Volume I: xxxii, 596pp, later printing; Volume II: lviii, 577pp, first edition; Volume III: xii, 691pp, first edition; Volume IV: x, 713pp, first edition. A sweeping history of the Boston area and sketches of some of its most famous citizens from the colonial era through the late 19th century. Howes W 576. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39674
- Title
- The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880 In Four Volumes
- Author
- Winsor, Justin (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, dampstain at top and bottom margins, Volume three and four boards dampst
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1881
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BOSTON History, Massachusetts History
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Quarto
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