THE OHIO GAZETTEER; OR, TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: DESCRIBING THE SEVERAL COUNTIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, CANALS, ROADS, RIVERS, LAKES, SPRINGS, MINES, &C. IN THE STATE OF OHIO
by Kilbourn, John
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Columbus, 1831. 336pp. 16mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Minor rubbing at spine extremities, light scattered foxing, rear free endpaper torn with some loss. Overall very good. Contemporary Columbus bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Lacks the map. Styled tenth edition, "carefully revised, enlarged and corrected," on the titlepage, after Kilbourn's first OHIO GAZETTEER of 1816. An updated compendium of Ohio statistics, including brief entries for most towns in the state, as well as population and financial data. HOWES K129. MORGAN, OHIO IMPRINTS 2181. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 7845. THOMSON 672.
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- THE OHIO GAZETTEER; OR, TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: DESCRIBING THE SEVERAL COUNTIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, CANALS, ROADS, RIVERS, LAKES, SPRINGS, MINES, &C. IN THE STATE OF OHIO
- Author
- Kilbourn, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Columbus
- Date Published
- 1831
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....