The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1830, Vol. I Only
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, boards worn, some light foxing and toning, musty.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston And New York: Gray and Bowen / G. and C. and H. Carvill. Fair with no dust jacket; Library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, . boards worn, some light foxing and toning, musty.. 1829. Hardcover. Halfbound black leather stamped in gilt on spine with marbled paper-covered sides. Sprinkled edges. xii, 300pp. An American almanac providing data about the coming year's calendar and natural phenomena, farming advice, facts concerning the use and abuse of ardent spirits, statistics about foreign countries and the United States, etc.; Ex-Library .
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- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 51036
- Title
- The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1830, Vol. I Only
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, boards worn, some light foxing and toning, musty.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gray and Bowen / G. and C. and H. Carvill
- Place of Publication
- Boston And New York
- Date Published
- 1829
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 19th Century Americana, American Almanacs, 1830
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Bookplate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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