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Representative Families of Northampton: A Demonstration of What High Character, Good Ancestry and Heredity Have Accomplished in a New England Town
by Warner, Charles F
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn at head and tail of spine and corners, faint soiling to front endpapers, ton
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Northampton [MA]: Picturesque Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn at head and tail of . spine and corners, faint soiling to front endpapers, toning to pp. 10-11 . (as from newspaper clipping, but no clipping laid in at present).. 1917. Hardcover. Blindstamped black cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. Many photos. Publisher's note at rear indicates that this is Volume I of what is hoped to be a multi-volume series that will include 200 or more families, but WorldCat does not show any subsequent volumes having been published. Northampton notables include Jonathan Edwards, Chauncey H. Pierce, General John L. Otis, The O'Donnell Family, Richard W. Irwin, Haynes H. Chilson, Edward H. R. Lyman, Christopher Clarke, and many others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36414
- Title
- Representative Families of Northampton: A Demonstration of What High Character, Good Ancestry and Heredity Have Accomplished in a New England Town
- Author
- Warner, Charles F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn at head and tail of spine and corners, faint soiling to front endpapers, ton
- Publisher
- Picturesque Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Northampton [MA]
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Northampton, Massachusetts History, Jonathan Edwards
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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