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OLD TIME NOTES OF PENNSYLVANIA (VOLUMES 1 & 2)
by McClure, A. (Alexander) K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, Autograph Edition, #813 of 1000 signed by the Author. Clean green cloth embellished with gilt borders, armorial crests and spine titles. Cloth dust jacket, Deckle page edges . Top edge gilt. Portrait frontispieces. Illustrated with over 100 portraits of distinguished men. Volume #1: (xxxiv) 299pp. Vol. #2: (xxi) 631pp. Original owner's inscription. Chronological record of the commercial, industrial and educational advancement of the Keystone State. Pennsylvania; B/W Portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1230 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17484
- Title
- OLD TIME NOTES OF PENNSYLVANIA (VOLUMES 1 & 2)
- Author
- McClure, A. (Alexander) K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Pennsylvania
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pennsylvania;
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
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