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G. & D. COOK & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF CARRIAGES, NEW HAVEN, CON
by [Cook, G.D. & Co.]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[New Haven: T.J. Staffor, 1859. 13,[1]pp.,17-88 leaves (paginated on rectos only, including two leaves of advertisements),89-97,[1]pp. Oblong octavo. Frontis. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth lightly faded, extremities worn. Spine very weak. Front inner hinge cracked. Minor wear and soiling to text, missing pp.15-16 (but no evidence of removal). Still good. Handsomely illustrated catalogue of carriage- maker G. & D. Cook & Co. of New Haven, displaying eighty lithographed images of different carriages, with a brief history and description of New Haven. G. & D. Cook & Co. was founded in the 1850s and collapsed in 1861 under the economic pressures of the Civil War. They reformed as a joint stock company, but that also failed. During the Civil War the company manufactured an early form of bullet-proof vest for Union soldiers at the front lines. Only two copies of this work turn up in OCLC, at the University of Illinois and the Henry Ford
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM47080
- Title
- G. & D. COOK & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF CARRIAGES, NEW HAVEN, CON
- Author
- [Cook, G.D. & Co.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T.J. Staffor
- Place of Publication
- [New Haven
- Date Published
- 1859
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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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