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Letters Written By The Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl Of Chesterfield To His Son : With Some Account Of His Life, In Three Volumes. First Complete American Edition
by Stanhope, Philip Dormer, Earl Of Chesterfield
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Long, 1813. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece, Plates. Three Volumes In Slipcase, Complete With Illustrated Title Pages, Half Titles, And Printed Title Pages Dated 1813; Frontispiece In Volume I And One Plate Each In Volumes Ii And Iii. Very Scarce; A Preliminary Search Indicates Only One Institutional Copy, At Yale. Original Tree Calf, Black Morocco Spine Labels Reading 'Chesterfield's Letters". Bindings Sound But Worn With Some Fraying At Corners. Pages Clean Except For Light Even Foxing Within The Page Blocks. Early Owner's Signatures On Printed Title Pages, "George P---- (Pierson?)". Heraldic Bookplates Of John Mack, Motto "Et Domi. Et Foris Cor Vulneratum", Printed Signature Of Charles Selkirk Of Albany, Undated; The Estate Of John Mack Was Sold At Auction In 1922, And The Catalog Is Available On The Internet.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040852
- Title
- Letters Written By The Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl Of Chesterfield To His Son : With Some Account Of His Life, In Three Volumes. First Complete American Edition
- Author
- Stanhope, Philip Dormer, Earl Of Chesterfield
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece, Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- George Long
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1813
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Eighteenth Century; Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books; Miscellany 2018 A Bookbinder's In Tray;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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