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The Recollections of a Policeman
by Waters, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
-
Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., 1852 Bound in brown blind stamped cloth, 238 pp., bright gilt spine titles.This ia a first edition, pirated, preceding the first British edition by four years, the first authorized American edition by five. This copy with chipped spine extremities, shelf wear, spotting to front cover, and the first twelve and last five leaves of text foxed. Quite bright and clean. A good to very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002646
- Title
- The Recollections of a Policeman
- Author
- Waters, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cornish, Lamport & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Books returnable if not as described and returned in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Biblio member since 2006
Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Primarily online seller with emphasis on better quality books.In the book business since the mid 1980s.
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- Spine
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- Leaves
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- 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...
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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