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Bryant & Stratton's Counting House Book-Keeping
by Bryant, H.B. & H.D. Stratton & S.S. Packard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ivison, blakeman, Taylor & Co., 1863. Civil war era book. From fep: "Containing a Complete Exposition of the Science of Accounts, in its Application to the Various Departments of Business; including Complete Sets of Books in Wholesale and Retail Merchandising, Farming, Settlement of Estates Forwarding, Commission, Banking, Exchange, Stock Brokerage, etc. with full explanations and appropriate remarks on the customs of trade; and examples of the most important business forms in use. Genealogists and family historians: the name in the book is S.A. Walker from Pembroke Decorative bluish cloth sunned and faded with decorative embossing on covers and spine. Chipped head and heel of spine and some tears and a small chip on spine. Significant edgewear, bumped and worn corners and some small stains on ink spots on covers. Stain on inside cover; name on fep, name in beautiful antique script on blank page following fep. There is some intermittent foxing, mostly in the margins and we note a tiny ink stain on outside pages and in margin of pages 367 - 373. There are also marks, perhaps fingermarks of ink stains in the margins of some pages. Overall pages are quite bright. Please see our photographs for sample pages. Names inside back cover. Last stitch on bottom cover is missing, slightly shaken; front cover is partly disbound, missing the top half of stitches. We also note a light waterstain in the margin of fep through page 9. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . First. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001546
- Title
- Bryant & Stratton's Counting House Book-Keeping
- Author
- Bryant, H.B. & H.D. Stratton & S.S. Packard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Ivison, blakeman, Taylor & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1863
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War era; accounting; Bookkeeping; business; Antiquarian; banking; Stock brokerage; exhange; probate; Settlement of estates; wholesale; Retail
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Business;
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