THE VIRGINIA PLUTARCH ... Volume I: The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras. Volume II: The National Era.
by Bruce, Philip Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1929. Two volumes. xiv, 328 and x, 353 pages, plus frontispiece in each volume, folding map, and numerous plates, mostly portraits. Original cloth (dark blue on spines, tan with red stripe on covers), stamped in gilt on spines. Top edges stained red; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. [23.7 cm.] Bright and near fine in very good publisher's cardboard slipcase. Also issued with glassine dustjackets, not present. Small bookseller's ticket at base of front pastedown in each volume, with minimal impact on illustration; short marginal tears to lower corners of two leaves, in no way affecting text; still a nice, clean set. Slipcase shows a small amount of wear and a mark to the paper label, but is sound. FIRST EDITION. A history of Virginia told in a series of biographical sketches of prominent figures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00003
- Title
- THE VIRGINIA PLUTARCH ... Volume I: The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras. Volume II: The National Era.
- Author
- Bruce, Philip Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; VIRGINIA;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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