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A CHRONICLE OF ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY YEARS: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 1768-1918.
by Bishop, Joseph Bucklin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918., 1918.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The top edge is gilt. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The spine & its gilt titling are faded. xvi, [1] leaf & 311 pages. Illustrated with 24 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard. There is a strip out of the front edge of the illustrations list. The front edges of a few other leaves are chipped where they have been roughly opened. Good.
First edition.
The previous owner's name, John V. Jewel, is stamped in gilt on the front cover. He was elected to membership in the Chamber in 1903.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95272
- Title
- A CHRONICLE OF ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY YEARS: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 1768-1918.
- Author
- Bishop, Joseph Bucklin
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918.
- Date Published
- 1918.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ECONOMICS; NEW YORK STATE; TRADE; BUSINESS; A CHRONICLE OF ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY YEARS: THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1768-1918; JOSEPH BUCKLIN BISHOP; REVOLUTIONARY WAR; CIVIL WAR; HISTORY OF THE NYS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; RAPID TRANSI
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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