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A Brief and True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia
by Rutherfoord Goodwin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Virginia: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; August and Charles Dietz, 1980. Leather. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A near fine 1980 facsimile of this original 1780 work on the history of Williamsburg, Virginia, illustrated with plates and folding plates. A facsimile reprint of the third edition of this work.With the original price-clipped wraparound.A 1780 work on the history of Williamsburg, Virginia, tracing the important occurrences of the city since it was founded in 1638.Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding plates, one map, and three plates.Collated, complete.By Rutherfoord Goodwin, who lived in Williamsburg.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding with the original price-clipped wraparound. Externally, fine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Wraparound is near fine with a few light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Plate facing page 33 is detached but present. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 769P61
- Title
- A Brief and True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia
- Author
- Rutherfoord Goodwin
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; August and Charles Dietz
- Place of Publication
- Virginia
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- A Brief and True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia williamsburg virginia rutherfoord goodwin williamsburg history
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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