OUR REVOLUTIONARY FOREFATHERS. THE LETTERS OF FRANÇOIS, MARQUIS DE BARBÉ-MARBOIS. DURING HIS RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES AS SECRETARY OF THE FRENCH LEGATION 1779-1785.
by Chase, Eugene Parker; Francois, Marquis de Barbe-Marbois
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duffied & Company, 1929. Book. Illus. by Siegel, William (decorations). Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Duffied, 1929. First American edition, stated. 8vo. Cloth binding, antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. 225 pp. Quality paper. Frontispiece, protective tissue. Dustjacket blurb pasted to front endpaper. 34-page introduction by Chase, followed by the letters. A close look at Colonial America. Fading to boards, very good condition..
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- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007483
- Title
- OUR REVOLUTIONARY FOREFATHERS. THE LETTERS OF FRANÇOIS, MARQUIS DE BARBÉ-MARBOIS. DURING HIS RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES AS SECRETARY OF THE FRENCH LEGATION 1779-1785.
- Author
- Chase, Eugene Parker; Francois, Marquis de Barbe-Marbois
- Illustrator
- Siegel, William (decorations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Duffied & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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