THE CREDIBLE CHRONICLES OF PATCHWORK VILLAGE. 'SCONSET BY THE SE
by [Underhill, Edward F.]
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Evelyn T. Underhill & Co, 1886. 148pp. plus plates and a map of Nantucket. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. A few chips to edges of wrappers; a bit soiled. Internally clean. Very good. A charming and entertaining account of social life on late 19th-century Nantucket. Underhill was a New Yorker who later bought and sold cottages and property on the island. He wrote several books on Siasconset life in the 1880s, including A PICTURE BOOK OF YE PATCHWORK VILLAGE and 'SCONSET BY YE SEA.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM39642
- Title
- THE CREDIBLE CHRONICLES OF PATCHWORK VILLAGE. 'SCONSET BY THE SE
- Author
- [Underhill, Edward F.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Evelyn T. Underhill & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
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William Reese Company
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...