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PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL AND FEDERAL (3 VOLS) A History, 1608-1903
by Jenkins, Howard M. editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Pennsylvaina Historical Publishing Association. Very Good. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes in green buckram cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Deckle page edges. Text blocks square & solid. Hinges tight. Hundreds of illustrations including many portraits. #1[xiv, 2,601pp]; #2[xii, 2,585pp]; #3[x, 2,608pp]. Lightly rubbed at spine ends & corners. Covers Indians, early Dutch, German, & Swedish settlement, William Penn up through advances in education, medicine, military, etc in the early twentietn century. Pennsylvania. ; B&W Photo & Drawing Ills.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1794 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17661
- Title
- PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL AND FEDERAL (3 VOLS) A History, 1608-1903
- Author
- Jenkins, Howard M. editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pennsylvaina Historical Publishing Association
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pennsylvania;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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