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A History Of The Political And Military Events Of The Late War Between The United States And Great Britain
by Perkins, Samuel
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- Hardcover
- first
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, Conn.: S. Converse, 1825. First Edition. Very good+ in a contemporary, full leather binding with a red leather label on the spine with gilt text and with gilt rules to simulate raised bands on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 vy 5 1/8 inches with light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards and with the front joint starting which has been professionally reinforced. There is an early prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page and the first 72 pages of the text block show a dampness stain to the lower fore corner of the pages. 512 pages of text. Perkins, a native of Connecticut, studied theology at Yale, became a preacher, but later switched to law. He wrote three books on history. This title was his first and more famous of the three. (Howes, P-236; Sabin, 60972)
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- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32880
- Title
- A History Of The Political And Military Events Of The Late War Between The United States And Great Britain
- Author
- Perkins, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S. Converse
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Conn.
- Date Published
- 1825
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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....
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