HISTORY OF WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
by DANA, Henry S
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About This Item
1887. DANA, Henry S. HISTORY OF WOODSTOCK, VERMONT. Cambridge: [Privately Published] Printed at the Riverside Press, 1887. This copy precedes by two years the first trade edition, slightly expanded, which was published in 1889 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Illustrated with thirteen plates, including views, taken from photographs and engravings, and a portrait of the author. vi,624 pp. Large pape copy. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. Octavo, green cloth. Mostly clean internally, though the preliminary and closing leaves are foxed, including the frontispiece portrait of Dana, and a few plates have light marginal foxing. One leaf (p. v-vi) is sprung, with a corner chip, and another leaf (p. 121-122) has a closed tear at the inside margin. The bookblock is over-opened in several places near the center. The binding is worn at perimeters, with corners bumped, and a stained and abraded spine label which is no longer legible; in general, the cloth is scuffed, with light soiling and some spotting. Just a very good copy, but a rare early printing.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71432
- Title
- HISTORY OF WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
- Author
- DANA, Henry S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1887
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...