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Clark's Onondaga: Onondaga or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times Two Volume Set: Being a Series of Historical Sketches Relative to Onondaga; with Notes on the Several Towns in the County
by Joshua V. H. Clark, A.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Reading Copies/No DJ
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
Volume 1: Leather bound with raised bands and black and gilt paste on panels. Binding is firm. Brown leather boards are very worn, scuffed and soiled. Front board is detached. Marble endpapers. Front free endpaper is adherent to subsequent page. Writing and owners name on pages preceding frontispiece. Text block is aged, foxed and has some blue spots on fore edge and a water stain extending up about 1/2 inch along lower edge. Text itself is age tanned and mottled but appears unmarked.
Volume II: Leather bound, cover as shown with this listing is scuffed and worn. Marbled endpapers, however the front and back free endpaper is missing (see pics). Binding is intact but loose in places. Text is tanned and foxed.
A rare set - price reflects condition. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (O-B1)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 905
- Title
- Clark's Onondaga: Onondaga or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times Two Volume Set
- Author
- Joshua V. H. Clark, A.M
- Format/Binding
- Sewn Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading Copies
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stoddard and Babcock
- Place of Publication
- Syracuse, NY
- Date Published
- 1849
- Pages
- V/I - 410 V/II - 894
- Size
- 5.5 x 8.5
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Onondaga. Central NY. Erie Canal. Syracuse. Oswego, Salina, Set
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History; New York State History; Sets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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