Wa-Wa-wanda A Legend of Old Orange Original 1860 Hardcover
by John B. Newman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair+/None as Issued
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Item Price
£67.03£60.32
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About This Item
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1860. Book. Fair+. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Hardcover. Amazing rare epic tale of Orange County New York from the early Native Lenape days to the Dutch and on to Joseph Brant an the Revolutionary war battle of Minisink! 180pp, map and 4 plates. Publisher's brown textured cloth, cloth on spine chips and wear. Book is complete original binding, and both boards are intact but is in need of being rebound. Page toning (Yellowing) Internally tight and clean Rare New York, New Jersey Lenape myth and Revolutionary war Orange County New York Battle of Minisink history. Rare Original Mercantile Library Bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012361
- Title
- Wa-Wa-wanda A Legend of Old Orange Original 1860 Hardcover
- Author
- John B. Newman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Rudd & Carleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- orange county revolutionary war new york minisink battle of minnisink joseph brant lenni lenape munsee delaware indians orange county joseph brant mercantile library
- Bookseller catalogs
- Woodland Native American/Southeastern Native American;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books
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About Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books
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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....
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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