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Observations on Professions, Literature, Manners, and Emigration, in the United States and Canada Made During a Residence There in 1832
by Fidler, Rev. Isaac. For a Short Time Missionary of Thornhill on Yonge Street Near York, Upper Canada
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First British edition. 8vo. Pp. viii, 434, [2] p. ads. Rebound in half maroon leather over marbled boards, with gilt decorated and lettered spine. Binding by Seamus McClafferty (Yehuda Miklaf,) noted on a purchase record loosely inserted. Inscribed at the head of the title-page, "A present From the Author," with ink underline and note presumably by the author, on p. 217. An excellent copy, inscribed by the author, and bound by celebrated Canadian Book binder Yehuda Miklaf.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47065
- Title
- Observations on Professions, Literature, Manners, and Emigration, in the United States and Canada Made During a Residence There in 1832
- Author
- Fidler, Rev. Isaac. For a Short Time Missionary of Thornhill on Yonge Street Near York, Upper Canada
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Whittaker, Treacher, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Canadiana/Americana
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Rebound
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
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- Marbled boards
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