New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1928). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover with worn gilt illustration on top cover, lettering on spine darkened and illegible. Binding sound. Large stain on back cover is difficult to see. Minor bumps to corners, some wear to head of spine and finger marks on cover. Staining to top edge of text block that does not intrude into the pages. Pages are clean and unmarked with a little tanning. Sewn in bookmark present. Small sticker remnant on rear free endpaper. No printing dates on copyright page indicates 1st edition. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 350 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17206
Title: The Life and Times of Pieter Stuyvesant
Author: Van Loon, Hendrik
Illustrator: Van Loon, Hendrik
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (1928)
Bookseller catalogs: History; Biography; American History;

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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Williamsburg, Virginia

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About James F. Balsley, Bookseller

My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.

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