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King's Handbook of Boston Harbor
by Sweetser, M[oses]. F[oster]
- Used
- Condition
- A few minor rubs and shallow bumps to extremities. Hinges remain sound. Fine overall.
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge: Moses King, Publisher, 1883. Second edition. Original decorative cloth over bevelled boards. Octavo. x, 276, xi-xxix pages. A few minor rubs and shallow bumps to extremities. Hinges remain sound. Fine overall.. Over 200 original illustrations by various artists. Profusely illustrated Victorian era travel guide to Boston and environs. Both illustrations and text are indexed at the front. Contains numerous advertisements at front and rear as well. Includes one color advertisement as a tipped-in plate, for an importer of Havana cigars. Handsome decorated publisher's cloth binding.
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1287
- Title
- King's Handbook of Boston Harbor
- Author
- Sweetser, M[oses]. F[oster]
- Illustrator
- Over 200 original illustrations by various artists
- Format/Binding
- Original decorative cloth over bevelled boards. Octavo. x, 276, xi-xxix pages
- Book Condition
- Used - A few minor rubs and shallow bumps to extremities. Hinges remain sound. Fine overall.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Moses King, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- new england, boston, tourist guides, King's Guides, Massachusetts, 19th century, victorian travel,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History & Politics; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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