Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Heroes of '76; with a sketch of the Early History of Vermont
by De Puy, Henry W
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dayton and Wentworth, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo hardcover in blindstamped brown cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Kinney's statue of Allen; 428 pp. , map at page 360. Lacking the rear endpaper. About very good, shallow chipping to the spine ends, some sunning to the spine strip and a light stain rear board. Top portion of the half-title (presumably with an old ownership signature) clipped away.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E16681B
- Title
- Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Heroes of '76; with a sketch of the Early History of Vermont
- Author
- De Puy, Henry W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dayton and Wentworth
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- american revolution, colonies, colonial, vermont, new england, green mountains, green mountain boys, ethan allen
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
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