BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF PERSONS OF COLOUR. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SELECTION OF PIECES IN POETRY Printed by the Residuary Estate of Lindley Murray,
by Mott, Abagail (1766-1851)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Printed By the Residuary Estate of Lindley Murray. Good+. 1850. Hardcover. Full brown calf with black & gilt spine label. Text tight & Intact. Top edge of spine rubbed & top of front cover rubbed with small loss. Rear hinge starting 1" with cover firmly attached. Original owner's signatute dated 1851. African American, Slavery, Native American. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 408 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17626
- Title
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF PERSONS OF COLOUR. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SELECTION OF PIECES IN POETRY Printed by the Residuary Estate of Lindley Murray,
- Author
- Mott, Abagail (1766-1851)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Printed By the Residuary Estate of Lindley Murray
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- African American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American; Southern Americana;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Books are conservatively described. Full refund within 20 days. Books mailed upon notification of sale. Books sold by direct payment to bookseller will be shipped after receipt of check or notice of payment through paypal. If your book are heavy or oversized, we may contact you for additional shipping. All books/ephemera are securely packaged to assure safe arrival at their destination. All books for sale are in-stock on premises.
About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.