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Speeches and Forensic Arguments
by Webster, Daniel
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Perkins & Marvin and Gray & Bowen, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [1], viii, 520 pages, [1]. Frontispiece engraving of Webster. Paper covered boards with paper title label on the spine. Untrimmed text edges. Binding is in poor condition. Both covers are detached. Tears to the cloth spine. Light to moderate scattered foxing throughout the text. Contents include speeches commemorating Plymouth settlement 1820; Speech on the Bank of the United States 1815; Speech on the Tariff Bill 1828; and several more. Fair condition only.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29524
- Title
- Speeches and Forensic Arguments
- Author
- Webster, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Perkins & Marvin and Gray & Bowen
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1830
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About the Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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