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The Federalist
by Hamilton, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham AL: The Legal Classics Library, 1983. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, Two volumes bound as one. Brown calf with decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimile reprint of the rare first edition. Includes the text of the United States Constitution. One of the undisputed landmarks in American political thought, The Federalist is a collected edition of essays by Hamilton. Madison and Jay that were published under the pseudonym "Publius" in several New York newspapers and journals in 1787 and 1788. Numbered copy #1778 with prior owners name typed on the publishers nameplate pasted to fly leaf, otherwise clean, bright copy. Record # 371574
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 371574
- Title
- The Federalist
- Author
- Hamilton, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- The Legal Classics Library
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham AL
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Law, Bindings, , .
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Middlebury, Vermont
About Browsing Is Arousing
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
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