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Governor's Message and Annual Reports of the Public Officers of the State, of the Boards of Directors, and of The Visitors, Superintendents, and Other Agents of Public Institutions or Interests of Virginia: Printed under the Code of Virginia
by [Virginia]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: William F. Ritchie, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. 20 report documents. Various pagination. Brownish marbled paper covered boards with brown leather spine. Boards and front flyleaf detached. Spine is worn and rubbed and has no title labels. Documents 9 and 10 have some period worm damage lower page corners. Folding illustration between documents 11 and 12 is torn with a large section missing. Contents include reports on eastern and western asylums, visitors at the Virginia Military Institute, visitors of deaf, dumb and blind institutions, University of Virginia visitors, etc. Poor to fair condition.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26776
- Title
- Governor's Message and Annual Reports of the Public Officers of the State, of the Boards of Directors, and of The Visitors, Superintendents, and Other Agents of Public Institutions or Interests of Virginia
- Author
- [Virginia]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William F. Ritchie
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- Antebellum imprint
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Spine
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- Quarto
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- Poor
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