GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY, VERMONT, FOR 1882-83
by Child, Hamilton (Compiled and Published)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Syracuse, NY: Printed at the Journal Office, 1882. 586 pp. Original dark brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding soiled and rubbed w/ wear to extremities; spine sunned. Inner hinges cracked. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Faint dampstains to outer margins of several leaves, not affecting the text. Illust. w/ b/w plates, and a hand colored fold-out map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25024VT
- Title
- GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY, VERMONT, FOR 1882-83
- Author
- Child, Hamilton (Compiled and Published)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed at the Journal Office
- Place of Publication
- Syracuse, NY
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- AMERICANA VERMONT STATE HISTORY VT DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL GAZETTEER BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1882 1883 CHITTENDEN COUNTY REFERENCE GUIDE DIRECTORIES NEW ENGLAND AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
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