ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE OLDEN TIME: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidents of the City and Its Inhabitants, and of the Earliest Settlements of the Inland Part of Pennsylvania,.../Two (2) Volume Set
by Watson, John F. [John Fanning]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Parry and M'Millan, Successors to A. Hart (Late Carey and Hart), 1855. Rebound in modern brown buckram w/ gilt titles on spines. Bindings very bright and clean. Previous owner's small name stamp on title page of both volumes; owner's name at top margin of title page of Vol. 2. Light scattered foxing throughout both volumes, otherwise, contents nice. Embellished w/ engravings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by T. H. Mumford. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE OLDEN TIME: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidents of the City and Its Inhabitants, and of the Earliest Settlements of the Inland Part of Pennsylvania,.../Two (2) Volume Set
- Author
- Watson, John F. [John Fanning]
- Illustrator
- T. H. Mumford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Parry and M'Millan, Successors to A. Hart (Late Carey and Hart)
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- AMERICANA PENNSYLVANIA STATE HISTORY PA LOCAL DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL PHILADELPHIA SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS MEMOIRS ANECDOTES INCIDENTS CITY CITIES BIOGRAPHY INHABITANTS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED ENGRAVINGS MUMFORD T. H.
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