The Hive: A Collection Of Thougats (sic) On Civil, Moral, Sentimental And Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations; ...intended As a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious, and Pertinent Sayings. in Prose and Verse...
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Brattleborough VT: William Fessenden. Very Good-. 1814. Hardcover. Light damp stain on top two inches of first several leaves, unobtrusive half inch square of top-grain lacking on front board, also a 3/4 inch scar, two pin-holes in front hinge, overall this is a tight attractive copy mellow with age. ; Small 12mo; Contemporary mottled leather, gilt ruled spine with black leather label, all edges were once tinted blue, 215p. **American Imprint #31728. McCorison's Vermont Imprints #1623. With the contemporary ownership inscription of Wm. Wright, Swanzey N H Cheshire County. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42068
- Title
- The Hive: A Collection Of Thougats (sic) On Civil, Moral, Sentimental And Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations; ...intended As a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious, and Pertinent Sayings. in Prose and Verse...
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- William Fessenden
- Place of Publication
- Brattleborough VT
- Date Published
- 1814
- Keywords
- Religion, American Imprint, Verse, Vermont Imprint
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Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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