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Mr. Clay's Speech upon the Tariff, or the "American System," So Called...Mr. Giles' Speech upon the Resolutions of Inquiry in the House of Delegates of Virginia, in Reply to Mr. Clay's Speech, Also, His Speech in Reply to Gen. Taylor's...
by Clay, Henry and William B. Giles
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: Thomas W. White. Fair. 1827. Hardcover. Burgundy half leather binding with black marbled boards rubbed at extremities; spine ends & corners frayed; spine head badly chipped, leather along front gutter cracked; leather scuffed; boards soiled; hinges cracked & separating, though textblock tight & firm in original wrapper binding; printer's label on front paste-down; various owners' names & gift inscription inked on front free endpaper; leaf edges, most leaves foxed & smudged. ; Original paperback rebound in period half-leather binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50539
- Title
- Mr. Clay's Speech upon the Tariff, or the "American System," So Called...Mr. Giles' Speech upon the Resolutions of Inquiry in the House of Delegates of Virginia, in Reply to Mr. Clay's Speech, Also, His Speech in Reply to Gen. Taylor's...
- Author
- Clay, Henry and William B. Giles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Thomas W. White
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1827
- Keywords
- 24th Governor of Virginia, The Great Compromiser, Early 19th Century American History
- Bookseller catalogs
- GC: History;
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Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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