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Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. With an Appendix Containing a Survey of the Literature of the Battle, its Antecedents and Results
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, scrape on lower corner of rear boards, light foxing to front and rear several leave
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Boston City Council. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, scrape on lower corner of rear . boards, light foxing to front and rear several leaves and tissue guards.. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green blindstamped beveled boards with gilt city seal design on front boards and titles stamped in gilt on spine. viii, [9-11], 12-174pp. One of 1,000 copies. Frontispiece engraving of Boston City Hall, plus three additional engraved plates of Music Hall reception, Triumphal Arch at Charlestown, and Bunker Hill Monument (last three engravings after illustrations by artist Edwin A. Abbey from early in his career). An account of the pomp and circumstance of the centennial celebrations of the Battle of Bunker Hill, including all speeches, invitations, proclamations, description of procession, the services, and appendix of literature of Bunker Hill. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39656
- Title
- Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. With an Appendix Containing a Survey of the Literature of the Battle, its Antecedents and Results
- Illustrator
- Edwin A. Abbey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, scrape on lower corner of rear boards, light foxing to front and rear several leave
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Boston City Council
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Battle Of Bunker Hill, Revolutionary War, Massachusetts History
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England; American Revolution;
Terms of Sale
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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- 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...
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- Beveled
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
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