ALMANACS OF THE UNITED STATES: 2 Volume set
by Compiled by Milton Drake
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/NF
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1962. Hardcover. VG/NF. Matching blue cloth hardcovers with different condition specifics. Volume 1: Bright, tight and clean binding; internally clean and bright, affected with moisture at top margins of text ~1 inch of margin and ~2 inches from spine, with no damp staining, resulting in undulation of leaves. Graded VG. Volume 2: Bright, tight and clean with light scratches to rear cover; internally fine, clean and unmarked. Graded Near Fine. xlix, 1397 pages. "The checklist includes almanacs and calendars published in what is now the United States of America, from 1639 to 1850 for issues from states east of the Mississippi River, and from Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; to 1875 for the rest of the states. There is an additional list of productions of presses in the Confederate States of America."--Page xxi
Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22481
- Title
- ALMANACS OF THE UNITED STATES: 2 Volume set
- Author
- Compiled by Milton Drake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/NF
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1962
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- Books on Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
North Country Books
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Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...