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The American Almanac And Repository Of Useful Knowledge, For The Year 1839
by Bowen, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Charles Bowen, c1839. Firs Edition. Very good in 1/2 leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with two black leather title blocks on the spine with gilt text stamping. The end sheets match the marbled paper on the covers. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches with may be a cigarette burn mark to the leather at the upper edge of the front board next tot he spine and with the leather rubbed and worn at the edges of the spine and boards. There is a prior owner's stamp on the verso of the first free end page and on the recto of the facing page and on the last free end page. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents are in excellent condition with no foxing or damage. 324 pages of text containing the almanac for the year 1839; table of latitude and longitude for principal cities; ephemeris of the sun; true apparent places of 35 of the Principal fixed stars; offices and officers of the United States; foreign ministers and consuls to the United States; records of the Navy, records of the Army; meteorological information; and records for each of the states of the United States. (Drake, Almanacs of the United States, 4162)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32433
- Title
- The American Almanac And Repository Of Useful Knowledge, For The Year 1839
- Author
- Bowen, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Firs Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Bowen
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- c1839
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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