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An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America
by Ballou, Adin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Providence: Press of E. L. Freeman & Son. Good with no dust jacket. 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather binding with gilt lettering to spine and rubbing to extremities, lower corner of rear board damaged, LACKING front board. Rear hinge cracked with scattered foxing, else a complete first edition copy being sold here AS IS. Thick illustrated genealogy of the New England Ballou family, with full page portraits with tissue guards. Index. ; MCN33776; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1323 pp .
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- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40975
- Title
- An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America
- Author
- Ballou, Adin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Press of E. L. Freeman & Son
- Place of Publication
- Providence
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Ballou Family History Genealogy Rhode Island
Terms of Sale
McCormick Books
Books are shipped immediately upon receipt of payments. Returns allowed within two weeks.
About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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