History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner: with a Sketch of the Kennebec Indians & New Plymouth Purchase, Comprising Historical Matter from 1602 to 1852; with Genealogical Sketches of Many Families
by Hanson, J. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Gardiner, ME: William Palmer, 1852. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (7.5"x5"). 343pp. +business register. Green cloth-covered boards with blindstamped decoration to upper cover & giltstamped title to spine. Spine slant. Covers rubbed, small stains to lower cover. Cloth cracking over joints: glue repair to joints, linen tape repair to upper hinge. Spine extremes frayed, corners rubbed. Dampstain to textblock foredge, visible to interior margin. Pages toned, foxing throughout. Pencil marks to endpapers. Newspaper clipping taped to first page: darkening paper from acid damage. B&W frontis. Covered in seller's protective mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3833
- Title
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner: with a Sketch of the Kennebec Indians & New Plymouth Purchase, Comprising Historical Matter from 1602 to 1852; with Genealogical Sketches of Many Families
- Author
- Hanson, J. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Palmer
- Place of Publication
- Gardiner, ME
- Date Published
- 1852
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