Speeches on Commercial, Financial and Other Subjects
by Ward, Elijah
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
First Edition. Good HC, no DJ. Ex-library. Maroon cloth over boards, gilt letters. Clean, lightly scuffed covers; unevenly sunned on spine; old library number faintly visible at mid-spine; rubbing wear at fore corners and spine ends; chipping at spine ends; bookplate on front pastedown; library stamp on rear pastedown; tightly bound; clean interior. War Democrat congressman from NY on Canadian relations; Hawaiian annexation, Civil War, commerce. 8vo, 320 pp; index.
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- Seller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4383
- Title
- Speeches on Commercial, Financial and Other Subjects
- Author
- Ward, Elijah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.W. Carleton. New York
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES - GENERAL HISTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE PANAMA CANAL CONGRESS HAWAII CANADA General, General, General, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Politics, Economy;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
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