A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina: Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1778
by Thomas Hutchins; Frederick Charles Hicks [ed.]
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Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1904. Very Good. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1904. Limited Edition of 245 numbered copies, this being #14. Tall octavo. 143 pp. Black and white plates, complete; folding map to rear. Maroon cloth with spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Boards lightly edgeworn and patchy discoloration to spine. Binding is sound. Smudging to endpapers; envelope housing for map at rear torn but present; pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good.
Reprint of the first public surveys conducted under the direction of the U.S. Government. This edition includes Frederick Charles Hicks' brief biography of the author.
[Howes 2504].
Reprint of the first public surveys conducted under the direction of the U.S. Government. This edition includes Frederick Charles Hicks' brief biography of the author.
[Howes 2504].
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- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
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- Title
- A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina: Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1778
- Author
- Thomas Hutchins; Frederick Charles Hicks [ed.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Publisher
- The Burrows Brothers Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1904
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
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- Octavo
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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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...