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Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Prepared for the Centennial Celebration, Held at Chambersburg, PA., July 4, 1876. (Second Edition - Enlarged)
by M'Cauley, I. H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg, PA: Patriot Publishing Company, 1878. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 294 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with cover designs in blind and with spine titles in gilt. Moderate bumping and wear to the binding. The front inner hinge is just starting to crack. The text block is sound. The text is toned and in a few places is quite browned. Occasional underlining in red pencil.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051629
- Title
- Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Prepared for the Centennial Celebration, Held at Chambersburg, PA., July 4, 1876. (Second Edition - Enlarged)
- Author
- M'Cauley, I. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Publisher
- Patriot Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1878; I. H. M'Cauley; Franklin County; Pennsylvania; Chambersburg; History; 19th Century; Genealogy; Local; Regional; Genealogy; Geneology; Rare; Collectible.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Genealogy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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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