The Farmer's Almanack: calculated on a new and improved plan, for the year of our Lord, 1802. ... Fitted to the town of Boston, but will serve for any of the adjoining states. ..
by Thomas, Robert B. [Bailey]
- Used
- Condition
- Wrappers absent, lower half of title leaf and last two leaves missing, front edges with chips, tears, and creases, scattered fox
- Seller
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for John West, 1801. First edition. Second state (no order of preference). Stitched paper wrappers. Wrappers absent, lower half of title leaf and last two leaves missing, front edges with chips, tears, and creases, scattered foxing, a few soil marks. Small institutional bookplate from the typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Company tipped in.. 44 pp. of [48]. Illus. with woodcut vignettes to title page and at the head of each month. 12mo. (20 cm). No. X. Scarce. OCLC and RLIN show only two libraries holding copies, American Antiquarian Society and Buffalo / Erie. In addition to calendars and notices, articles on Pruning Orchards and Harvesting Wheat. Shaw & Shoemaker 473; Drake 3635.
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- Bookseller
- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26115
- Title
- The Farmer's Almanack: calculated on a new and improved plan, for the year of our Lord, 1802. ... Fitted to the town of Boston, but will serve for any of the adjoining states. ..
- Author
- Thomas, Robert B. [Bailey]
- Format/Binding
- Stitched paper wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Wrappers absent, lower half of title leaf and last two leaves missing, front edges with chips, tears, and creases, scattered fox
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Second state (no order of preference)
- Publisher
- Printed by Manning & Loring, for John West
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1801
- Keywords
- , Americana, Americana, Almanacs, 19th c., Fruit Trees, cider, Hogs Bristles, drowning, ,
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About the Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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East Jewett, New York
About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Leaves
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- Tipped In
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- Wrappers
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Second State
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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