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Rambles About Portsmouth: Sketches of Persons, Localities, and Incidents of Two Centuries Principally from Tradition and Unpublished Documents
by Brewster, Charles W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (cloth scuffed & edge-worn; corners rubbed to boards. back cover edge has a 3.5inch crack. upper spine has a deep chip w/ b
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: W. Brewster & Son, 1859. Hardcover. Good (cloth scuffed & edge-worn; corners rubbed to boards. back cover edge has a 3.5inch crack. upper spine has a deep chip w/ binding visible; lower spine rubbed & torn. cover endpaper torn; pastedown has ex-libris & adhesive staining. front endpaper nearly detached. dampstaining to lower textblock w/ remnants to cover endpaper edges, instances of light dampstaining to lower pg gutters & edges). black cloth w/ embellishments & gilt spine printing. 376 pgs. Hinges remain firm. Textblock and pages intact. Pages have instances of spotted or smudged foxing. Some pages will have tanning from laid-in, old 1900s New England newspaper clippings refering to the book's subject matter. A nice reading copy.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 185194
- Title
- Rambles About Portsmouth: Sketches of Persons, Localities, and Incidents of Two Centuries Principally from Tradition and Unpublished Documents
- Author
- Brewster, Charles W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (cloth scuffed & edge-worn; corners rubbed to boards. back cover edge has a 3.5inch crack. upper spine has a deep chip w/ b
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Brewster & Son
- Place of Publication
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- portsmouth new hampshire, new england history ; portsmouth new hampshire, new england history ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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