THE HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA
by Williamson, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, 1812.. Two volumes. xix,289; viii,289pp., plus folding map and errata page in first volume. Half titles. Modern black buckram, spines gilt. Light, scattered foxing, particularly to half titles, minor dampstaining in gutter of last few leaves of volume one. Very good. In a cloth slipcase. The standard history of North Carolina by a prominent southern physician, particularly valuable for its coverage of the Revolutionary period. HOWES W494, "aa." THORNTON 14962. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27566. SABIN 104449.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM30812A
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA
- Author
- Williamson, Hugh
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1812.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...