SEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1850.
by DeBow, J.D.B. U.S. Census 1850
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, Washington, DC: ., 1853 pp. cxxxvi, 1022. Slightly age stained. Large, thick 4to. 320 mm. Original leather backed marbled boards binding. Joints fragile. Mildly ExLib. Fuller title: The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Embracing a statistical view of each of the states and territories, arranged by counties towns, etc., under the following divisions: 1. Populations by counties - classification of ages and color-aggregates; 2. Population by subdivisions of counties; 3. Nativities of the populations; 4. Births, marriages, deaths, dwellings, and families; 5. Progress of the populations; 6. Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and idiotic; 7. Colleges, academies, schools, & c; 8. Attending school, during year, as returned by families; 9. Adults in the state who cannot read and write; 10. Professions, occupations, and trades of the male population; 11. Agriculture-farms and implements, stock products, home manufactures, &c.; 12. Newspapers and periodicals; 13. Libraries other than private; 14. Churches, church property, &c., With an Introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the United States compared with every previous census since 1790 - schedules and laws of congress relating to the census in the same period - ratio tables of increase and decrease of cities and states, etc., by sex and ages, and color - table of population of every county, town, township, etc., in the United States, alphabetically arranged--together with some explanatory remarks and an appendix, embracing notes upon the tables of each of the states, etc. A detailed state by state (and county by county) study of the population of the United States in 1850, including free colored, and slave. James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow (1820-1867) was a resident of New Orleans. He gained great fame and influence as editor of DeBow's Review. His ideas laid a foundation for the Missouri Compromise. He also served as Superintendent of the United States Census (1853-1857). Note: This is a rather large volume and would require shipping costs above the standard.W30 Rt Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004A66
- Title
- SEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1850.
- Author
- DeBow, J.D.B. U.S. Census 1850
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, Washington, DC: .
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- AMERICANA SABIN 1850 ANTEBELLUM STATISTICS OBSERVATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- LAW / GOVERNMENT / POLITICS; CIVIL WAR;
Terms of Sale
THE FAMILY ALBUM
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
Biblio member since 2007
Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...