A MAGISTRATE'S GUIDE; AND CITIZEN'S COUNSELLOR: BEING A DIGESTED ABSTRACT OF THOSE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND MOST NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN, AND MOST USEFUL IN COMMON TRANSACTIONS OF LIFE...
by Colvin, John B
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Frederick-town, Md, 1805. 352,xvi pp. Contemporary calf, leather label. Rubbed, front joint splitting, foxed and stained, contemporary ownership signatures. Fair. An interesting Maryland imprint. Includes a number of laws regarding the transportation and aid of free Blacks. The NUC lists only one other edition, of 1819. SHAW & SHOEMAKER
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- A MAGISTRATE'S GUIDE; AND CITIZEN'S COUNSELLOR: BEING A DIGESTED ABSTRACT OF THOSE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND MOST NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN, AND MOST USEFUL IN COMMON TRANSACTIONS OF LIFE...
- Author
- Colvin, John B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Frederick-town, Md
- Date Published
- 1805
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....