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The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, In Alphabetical Order, A Much More Full and Accurate Account, than has been given, of the states, towns, [...] Indian Tribes and New Discoveries on the American Continent, Also of the West India Islands [...]
by Morse, Jedidiah
- Used
- poor
- Condition
- Poor
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Printed at the Presses of S. Hall and Thomas and Andrews, 1797. Leather. Poor. Full calf leather. Pagination runs A-QQQ 4. Only four out of seven maps called for are present, MISSING the following three maps: the map of Northern States, map of the Southern States, and the map of South America. Maps of the Pacific Islands, North America, West Indies and Georgia present. An alphabetically arranged encyclopedia style work on the geography, settlements and people of North and South America, as well as islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific. This includes the east coast of Australia, then termed New Holland. POOR condition. Front cover DETACHED, with any front endpapers up to the frontis map MISSING (frontis map is present). Leather scuffed, frayed and worn along the extremities and hinges. A few small spots of staining to the covers. Previous owner's bookplate present. Text block solid and a bit toned. Howes M839. Sabin 50923.
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- Mare Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017595
- Title
- The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, In Alphabetical Order, A Much More Full and Accurate Account, than has been given, of the states, towns, [...] Indian Tribes and New Discoveries on the American Continent, Also of the West India Islands [...]
- Author
- Morse, Jedidiah
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed at the Presses of S. Hall and Thomas and Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1797
- Keywords
- Noisbn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Geography;
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