A Half Century with Juvenile Delinquents; The New York House of Refuge and Its Times
by Peirce, B. K. (Bradford Kinney)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 384 (2) pp, illus. First Edition, 1869. Preface, 9 chapters with extensive tpical content headings, Appendixes I-VI, Original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, lacking flyleaf, lightly worn, age-toned text block. 6" x 8.75"..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7313
- Title
- A Half Century with Juvenile Delinquents; The New York House of Refuge and Its Times
- Author
- Peirce, B. K. (Bradford Kinney)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY NEW YORK HOUSE OF REFUGE REFORM JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
- Bookseller catalogs
- U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....