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Letters About the Hudson River and Its Vicinity. Written in 1835 & 1836
by Hunt, Freeman (A Citizen of New York)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Freeman Hunt & Co., 1836. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Vg+/No Jacket. 16mo. 209 pgs. plus 6 pages of publishers ads at the end. Ex library copy with stamp to the title page and call numbers to the copyright page. Text block edges also institution stamped. Recased with a new back and fresh endpapers. (see photo) Typical light foxing in text. A collection of 16 letters and reminiscences of New York State and places along the Hudson River with a brief essay of Saratoga Springs.
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- Seller
- Dale Cournoyer Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2437
- Title
- Letters About the Hudson River and Its Vicinity. Written in 1835 & 1836
- Author
- Hunt, Freeman (A Citizen of New York)
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Freeman Hunt & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1836
- Size
- 16mo
- Keywords
- Saratoga Springs reminiscences of New York Sing Sing Prison Albany New York Hudson River Slavery Pre Civil War West Point Military Academy Washington Irving Poughkeepsie Dobb's Ferry Historical Statistics Geography Navigati
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Dale Cournoyer Books
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