George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation. With Frontispiece and Facsimiles
by Moore, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Printed for Houghton Mifflin Company by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xv, (i), 65pp. This book was part of an institutional rare book collection, with the only library treatment being an ink-stamp to the verso of title-page. Bookseller's label (Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston) to lower, front free endpaper. Volume is bound in 1/4 cream colored cloth with green paper covered boards. Lettering on largely nice label on spine is clear and bright. Light soiling and wear to exterior, with a little heavier wear to corners of boards, though none of this is offensive. Mild tanning to paper. Mild soiling to just a few pages, including title-page. Text clean. Binding sound. Nicely illustrated with black and white facsimiles. The bookseller's name on the label is the same Charles Lauriat who was on the Lusitania when it sank, though he was rescued
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- Bookseller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036599
- Title
- George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation. With Frontispiece and Facsimiles
- Author
- Moore, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Houghton Mifflin Company by The Riverside Press, Cambridge
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- American History United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana (General);
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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