THE VADE MECUM FOR AMERICA; Or a Companion for Traders and Travellers: Containing I. An exact and useful table, shewing the value of any quantity of any commodity, ready cast up, from one yard or pound to ten thousand. II. A table of simple and compound interest. III. The names of the towns, and counties in the several provi
by [Prince, Thomas]
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- Boards bowing, covers with old and successively more recent mends (all are sympathetic), binding quite tight though text is acce
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Boston: S. Kneeland and T Green, 1732. Second edition. Hardcover. Boards bowing, covers with old and successively more recent mends (all are sympathetic), binding quite tight though text is accessible old notes and figuring to endpapers, text is clean, good. Narrow octavo, contemporary brown calf with old and recent mends and infilling; (2), iv, (2), 220 pp.
Scarce Colonial American tradesmen's and travelers' pocket guidebook. First edition was published the previous year with same imprint and pagination. Evans 3958.
Scarce Colonial American tradesmen's and travelers' pocket guidebook. First edition was published the previous year with same imprint and pagination. Evans 3958.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- Title
- THE VADE MECUM FOR AMERICA; Or a Companion for Traders and Travellers:
- Author
- [Prince, Thomas]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards bowing, covers with old and successively more recent mends (all are sympathetic), binding quite tight though text is acce
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- S. Kneeland and T Green
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1732
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