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History of Ancient Westbury And Present Watertown From Its Settlement to 1907
by [Daughters of the American Revolution, Connecticut . Sarah Whitman Trumbull Chapter]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
n.p.: no publisher stated, printed by The Heminway Press of Waterbury, Conn., 1907. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 6 inches with the cloth at the tips of the boards worn through and with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's small book plate on the first free end page. 114 pages of text and illustrated from black and white photographs. (Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of Its History; 9279)
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB30631
- Title
- History of Ancient Westbury And Present Watertown From Its Settlement to 1907
- Author
- [Daughters of the American Revolution, Connecticut . Sarah Whitman Trumbull Chapter]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- no publisher stated, printed by The Heminway Press of Waterbury, Conn.
- Place of Publication
- n.p.
- Date Published
- 1907
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Spine
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- Plate
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- Heel
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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