Newark, NJ: Daily Advertiser fro The Board of Managers, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Thick, large octavo hardcover in green cloth woth spine lettered in gilt. xxiv+ 899 pp. with errata list on verso of final leaf. Illustrated with maps, small engravings, charts, drawings, folding plates. A generally tight example, spine lettering bright, some minor light spots to the front cover, some light damping to the upper 1/3 of the rear cover but interior complete and fully intact including all plates. The large geological folding map of New Jersey was apparently never bound into this copy. A very acceptable copy of a book usually found damaged and shaken.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E14715B
Title: Geology of New Jersey
Author: Cook, George H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Daily Advertiser fro The Board of Managers
Place of Publication: Newark, NJ
Date Published: 1869
Keywords: new jersey, geology, garden state, science, nature

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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