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The New World Compared with the Old:  A Description of the American  Government, Institutions, and Enterprises, and Those of Our Great Rivals  At the Present Time, Particularly England and France

The New World Compared with the Old: A Description of the American Government, Institutions, and Enterprises, and Those of Our Great Rivals At the Present Time, Particularly England and France

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The New World Compared with the Old: A Description of the American Government, Institutions, and Enterprises, and Those of Our Great Rivals At the Present Time, Particularly England and France

by Townsend, Geo. Alfred

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Hartford, CT: S. M. Betts and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, musty, shaken, some foxing.. 1870. Hardcover. Brown beveled cloth with author facsimile signature stamped on front boards in gilt and title stamped on spine in gilt. 80 engravings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 663 pages .

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The New World Compared with the Old: A Description of the American Government, Institutions, and Enterprises, and Those of Our Great Rivals At the Present Time, Particularly England and France
Author
Townsend, Geo. Alfred
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, musty, shaken, some foxing.
Publisher
S. M. Betts and Company
Place of Publication
Hartford, CT
Date Published
1870
Bookseller catalogs
American History;

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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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Beveled
Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Shaken
A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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....
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Facsimile
An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...

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