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Life in Danbury: Being a Brief but Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People, under More Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in a Most Remarkable Manner, by the Author
by Bailey, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, waterstain to front boards and page tops, front free endpaper missing.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Shepard and Gill. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, waterstain to front boards . and page tops, front free endpaper missing.. 1873. Hardcover. Several humorous engravings by John Andrew & Son. Green cloth with gilt design of man falling through a roof while cat and cow look on front boards. "Howard Orphan. Asylum, 1874, No. 22" inked on front flyleaf, possibly indicating that this book was in the library of the African-American orphanage located in Brooklyn, New York. A collection of humorous pieces culled from Bailey's humorous weekly newspaper, The Danbury Times. Publisher's ad at rear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35601
- Title
- Life in Danbury: Being a Brief but Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People, under More Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in a Most Remarkable Manner, by the Author
- Author
- Bailey, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, waterstain to front boards and page tops, front free endpaper missing.
- Publisher
- Shepard and Gill
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Howard Orphan Asylum, Danbury, Connecticut, 19th Century Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England; Humor;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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