RECORDS OF PATRIOTISM AND LOVE OF COUNTR
by Bailey, Willia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Washington, 1826. xiii,[3],216pp. Original half cloth and paper boards. Boards rubbed, chipping and soiled. Front hinge cracked but firm. Scattered foxing and dampstaining. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Good. Second edition, released a year after the first. An examination of events in the American Revolution and biographical sketches of notable figures involved. "Based largely on Alex. Garden's ANECDOTES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, this bitterly anti-British compilation from an English pen had to be issued with a counterfeit American imprint" - Howes. HOWES B36. SHOEMAKER 23572
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM50290
- Title
- RECORDS OF PATRIOTISM AND LOVE OF COUNTR
- Author
- Bailey, Willia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1826
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...