Memoirs of An American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution. With a Memoir of Mrs. Grant.
by Grant, Mrs. Anne (MacVicar); James Grant Wilson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1876. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Silk. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First thus. Includes 11-page Memoir of Mrs. Grant by James Grant Wilson. pp. xxii, 377, including index. Illustrated with frontispiece engraving of Mrs. Grant and additional in-text illustrations and engraved plates. Wonderful pull-out map of the flats around Albany. Publisher's blue silk binding with black decoration in blind, gilt titles. Brown endpapers, antique ex-library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated in year of publication. Rebacked with original spine laid down, hinges renewed. Foxing primarily around engravings. Tiny library stamps to corners of illustrations, no pocket or external library markings. Scarce in this edition. Very good..
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- Seller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 010768
- Title
- Memoirs of An American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution. With a Memoir of Mrs. Grant.
- Author
- Grant, Mrs. Anne (MacVicar); James Grant Wilson
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Joel Munsell
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SCHUYLER FAMILY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Americana;
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