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A BOOK OF OLD MAPS: Delineating American History from the Earliest Days Down to the Close of the Revolutionary War
by Fite, Emerson D. and Archibald Freeman, complied and edited by
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good+. 1st edition thus, 1926. A Very Good+ copy. Folio, 299 pp., with black & white images, colored map of the world as frontis, protected by tissue. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. Ex-library from The Sondley Reference Library in Asheville, NC with minimal markings. Some rubbing along edges and tips; spine slightly darkened; handwritten call letters at base of spine. Library bookplate inside front cover; blind stamps on title page and frontispiece. Text is clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Expedited or international shipping will require additional charges.
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- Frey Fine Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 30441
- Title
- A BOOK OF OLD MAPS: Delineating American History from the Earliest Days Down to the Close of the Revolutionary War
- Author
- Fite, Emerson D. and Archibald Freeman, complied and edited by
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1926
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
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