RURAL AFFAIRS: a practical and copiously Illustrated Register of RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE including ... (vol 5 only)
by Thomas, J.J. 03a
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book. QUITE NICE BUT: sunned spine, minor cover flaws.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Luther Tucker & Son. VG book. QUITE NICE BUT: sunned spine, minor cover flaws.. 1869. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. NEAR FINE text block. Embossed pebbled brown cloth. Tight. Book stays closed when stood on spine. 8"x5",336pp . 8"x5",336pp. With an extra engraved title page reading: "The Annual Register of Rural Affairs for 1867-8-9". Profusely illustrated with wood cuts, mostly in text but a few full page. Near flawless text block, including all 3 text block edges. Book stays closed when stood on spine. A good sign of having been read with care, if at all. .
Synopsis
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 179-182. Smithcors, J.F. Five centuries of vet. med., 409. WSU MASC copy is: 002-123045577.
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002694
- Title
- RURAL AFFAIRS: a practical and copiously Illustrated Register of RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE including ... (vol 5 only)
- Author
- Thomas, J.J. 03a
- Illustrator
- 400 in text engravings.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. QUITE NICE BUT: sunned spine, minor cover flaws.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Luther Tucker & Son
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- VG book, no DJ. NEAR FINE text block. Embossed pebbled brown cloth., Tight. Book stays closed when stood on spine. 8"x5",336pp
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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