Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion
by KENNEDY John Pendleton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Charlottesville , Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. . 2 volumes. 8vo, purple cloth-backed original pale green boards, soiled; brown leather labels, chipped; endpapers darkened, minimal foxing; throughout; front inner hinge of Vol. I cracked, but firm; title of Vol. I waterstained FIRST EDITION. BAL 11040 (this binding not described), this set without the advertisements in Volume II.First separate work by this energetic man of letters who was by turns, a lawyer, a politician serving in the Maryland House of Delegates and as a Congressman for three terms. He was Fillmore's Secretary of the Navy and organized Perry's expedition to Japan and Kane's second Arctic voyage. He was a Union supporter despite his mother coming from a prominent Virginia family--he wrote a chapter of Thackeray's Virginians, and was a friend of Irving and Cooper
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2235
- Title
- Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion
- Author
- KENNEDY John Pendleton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832.
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICAN LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books
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Charlottesville , Virginia
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Shipping, handling and insurance are charged at $7.50 for the first volume; $2.00 for each additional volume.
Glossary
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...