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The History of Kentucky, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
by Arthur, T.S.; Carpenter, W.H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +. First edition. 316, 20 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary black morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title and blind-tooled spine decoration. Black cloth over boards. All page edges marbled. Part of the series Lippincott's Cabinet Histories of the States. Added engraved series title page with vignette captioned: "United we stand, divided we fail." 20-page publisher's catalog follows text. Inscriptions on the front endpapers indicate that George W. Burke received this as a premium in a history class at Villanova College in 1854. At the head of the series title page is inscribed: Robert J. Madden, Harrisburg. The very scarce first edition of this antebellum history of Kentucky. In Good+ Condition: ends of spine and corners are rubbed; cloth is soiled; faint dampstain in lower section of first 6 leaves; series title page soiled; back free endpaper lacking; lower 2 cm. of last 2 leaves of publisher's catalog lacking; light soiling throughout.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001960
- Title
- The History of Kentucky, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
- Author
- Arthur, T.S.; Carpenter, W.H
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lippincott, Grambo & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Date Published
- 1853
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; History & Politics;
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- Good+
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
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- Cloth
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