A CHARACTER OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND...
by Alsop, Georg
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Williams Gowan, 1869. 125,[3],40pp. Large quarto. Original gilt-stamped cloth. Some fraying at extremities, else very good, partially unopened. Later edition, after the original of 1666, with an introduction and notes by John Gilmary Shea, issued as the fifth entry in Gowans' "Bibliotheca Americana" series. One of only sixty-four copies printed on large paper quarto, with facsimile titlepage and portrait. HOWES A188. CLARK I:29.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
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- WRCAM10475
- Title
- A CHARACTER OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND...
- Author
- Alsop, Georg
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Williams Gowan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...