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Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877. Read in the Senate and House of Representatives, May 23, 1878.
by Pennsylvania Investigative Committee
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, State Printer, 1878. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brown cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Book is in very poor shape but is still in one piece. Exterior is heavily worn along the edges with cloth peeling and under board exposed. Lower outside corner of textblock has been nibbled on by critters. The damage is well outside of any text so book is very readable. Hinges at both boards are cracked the front board hinge being the worst looking. First two end pages also has damage along the bottom edge. Binding of the text pages themselves is overall good it's just that the hinges the boards are pretty ugly. Pages are tone due to age smudge marks and scattered foxing is present. There are some areas where the upper outside corners were folded in, these have been straightened out but the creasing is still present. Front end page and pastedown both have the original owners name and info written in pencil which was the only area we found handwriting. No bookplates or library markings present. The book is in rough shape but is still holding together, good candidate for reference material. Please note: this is a heavy book so non-US sales or priority mail option may require additional postage, depending on location.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2210687
- Title
- Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877. Read in the Senate and House of Representatives, May 23, 1878.
- Author
- Pennsylvania Investigative Committee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Lane S. Hart, State Printer
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1878
- Pages
- 1000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; 19th Century; Legal and Government Publications;
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Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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