The Secretary's Assistant; exhibiting the various and most correct modes of Superscription, Commencement, and Conclusion (etc.)
by The Author of the Peerage & Baronetage Charts
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co. , 1831. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1831. 16mo. brown boards with black imprinting on covers and spine, 156 pp. Good; covers are quite soiled and worn, hinges cracked; contents only very lightly foxed. Please see scans. More than you could ever want to know about...well, the full title is: The Secretary's Assistant; exhibiting the various and most correct modes of Superscription, Commencement, and Conclusion of Letters to Person of every degree of Rank; including the Diplomatic, Clerical, and Judicial Dignitaries; with lists of Foreign Ambassadors and Counsels. Also the forms necessary to be used in Applications or Petitions to The King in Counsel, Houses of Lords & Commons, Government Offices & Public Companies, With A Table of Precedency, Abbreviations of the Several British & Foreign Orders of Knighthood By the Author of the Peerage & Baronetage Charts &c. I myself never knew there was anything like this amount of information on that subject. Someone did; they used this copy quite a bit. Very scarce, very early edition, possibly first. L-35n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005508
- Title
- The Secretary's Assistant; exhibiting the various and most correct modes of Superscription, Commencement, and Conclusion (etc.)
- Author
- The Author of the Peerage & Baronetage Charts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Whittaker, Treacher & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1831
- Pages
- 156
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- history reference royalty government General, General, General, General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Government / Political / Societal;
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....