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Resumption and the Silver Question: Embracing a Sketch of the Coinage and of the Legal Tender Currencies of the United States and Other Nations
by Poor, Henry V
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: H. V. & H. W. Poor, 1878. Second edition. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 249 pp. including index. Fairly heavy shelfwear, with frayed spine ends. The spine is faded. The boards are scuffed. Some notes and sketches are pencilled on the first and second free endpapers. Otherwise unmarked and in a tight binding with hinges intact.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009757
- Title
- Resumption and the Silver Question: Embracing a Sketch of the Coinage and of the Legal Tender Currencies of the United States and Other Nations
- Author
- Poor, Henry V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- H. V. & H. W. Poor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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