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New York Printing MDCXCIII
by McMurtrie, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The John Calhoun Club, 1928. First Edition 1/240 copies. Good+ with the spine area tanned and cloth at the ends of the spine torn about 1/2" from the head and heel & rubbed at the corners. A folio of 19 by 13 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket. This is copy 199 of only 240 numbered copies produced. 30 pages of text followed by 78 plates of facsimiles of all known New York imprints for the year 1693.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB13048
- Title
- New York Printing MDCXCIII
- Author
- McMurtrie, Douglas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition 1/240 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The John Calhoun Club
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1928
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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