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Tributes to the Memory of Robert C. Winthrop, by The Massachusetts Historical Society
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. A record of the society's meeting in December, 1894 which was specially devoted to tributes to their ex-president the late Hon. Robert C. Winthrop who had died since the preceding meeting in his eighty-sixth year. There was an unusually large attendance of members at this meeting since the subject of the tributes was held in high regard. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 40 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's name ink-stamped on front endpaper: "C. W. M. Swithinbank". (Charles Winthrop Molesworth Swithinbank, the British glaciologist & polar specialist, was a descendant of Admiral George S Winthrop the cousin of Robert C Winthrop). Gilt titles spine & front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Groups, Clubs & Associations; History; Politics & Government; Boston, Massachusetts; United States; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 2923. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2923
- Title
- Tributes to the Memory of Robert C. Winthrop, by The Massachusetts Historical Society
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Robert C. Winthrop/Massachusetts Historical Society /Boston/Massachusetts/Biography/History/New England/American/History Groups, Clubs & Associations; History; Politics & Government; Boston, Massachusetts; United States; 19th century; Bio
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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