MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED WITH A REPORT OF THE CANAL COMMISSIONERS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS, READ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 27, 1838
by Ritner, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg, PA: Printer, Boas & Coplan. Very Good+. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes in one. Message from the Governor and Report of the Canal Commissioners 1839. 146pp. Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners . 1840. 249pp. Canal Commissioners Transmitted to the Governor.1841 149pp. James Wallace, Printer. Report of the Canal Commissioners.1842. 87pp. Rebound in clean brown buckram cloth with gilt title on spine. Twenty-five fold-out reports, tables and charts. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact . Statements, Estimates, Tonnage Reports, Name of Routes and Canal Tolls. Railroads. An amazing amount of facts and details Re: canals and railroads , Philadelphia Railway, Franklin Lines, Allegheny Railroad, Gettysburg Railway and Columbia Railroad. Pennsylvania; Fold out Reports; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 631 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16594
- Title
- MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED WITH A REPORT OF THE CANAL COMMISSIONERS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS, READ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 27, 1838
- Author
- Ritner, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printer, Boas & Coplan
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Canal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pennsylvania;
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Gilt
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- Rebound
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- Good+
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- Tight
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- Buckram
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- Spine
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