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An Address, to the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society; Delivered Before the Members, at Their Seventeenth Anniversary Meeting May 31st, 1811. [with] An Address to the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, at Their Annual Meeting, Oct. 10, 1817. [two items together]
by Pollard, Benjamin, and Francis C. Gray, respectively
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler / Printed by Chester Stebbins / for the Society, 1817. Pamphlet. Respectively 28, 24p., each a disbound pamphlet in 8.5x5 inch self-wraps describable similarly as slightly edgeworn with traces of old calf adhering along spine, both mildly foxed, good copies. The 1817 item by Gray is signed by him upper corner title page, this signature slightly impacted by minute chipping in the area.
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- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 189870
- Title
- An Address, to the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society; Delivered Before the Members, at Their Seventeenth Anniversary Meeting May 31st, 1811. [with] An Address to the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, at Their Annual Meeting, Oct. 10, 1817. [two items together]
- Author
- Pollard, Benjamin, and Francis C. Gray, respectively
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Russell and Cutler / Printed by Chester Stebbins / for the Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1817
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Nineteenth century; Urban history; Massachusetts;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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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