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Reed and Allied Families: Genealogical and Biographical Studies, Illustrated with Engravings of Portraits and Armorial Bearings
by Compiled by Mary Dean Reed
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The American Historical Society, Inc, 1936. Full leather. Near Fine. Very impresive 1936 Reed (or Reid) family genealogy, privately printed for Mary Dean Reed and sumptuously bound in a highly-decorative, full morocco. A remarkably clean, Near Fine folio, with raised bands and finely-tooled devices and lettering at the compartments. Additional gilt coat-of-arms (family crests) to the panels and large sprigs of roses adorning the full-morocco pastedowns. All edges gilt, all original tissue-guards (protecting the brightly-colored "coat of-arms" plates) intact. Also includes several interesting pieces of Reed family ephemera laid-in. (From the library of Joseph Verner Reed [1937-2016], prominent Greenwich, CT scion and former Ambassador to Morocco and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations).
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13651
- Title
- Reed and Allied Families: Genealogical and Biographical Studies, Illustrated with Engravings of Portraits and Armorial Bearings
- Author
- Compiled by Mary Dean Reed
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The American Historical Society, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- rare genealogy, rare Americana, the Reed family tree, rare fine bindings, rare Greenwich, Connecticut
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genealogy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
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