Life and Public Services of Gen. Andrew Jackson Seventh President of the United States; Including The Most Important of His State Papers
by Jenkins, John S. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & Auburn: Miller, Orton & Co., 1857. A popular biogreaphy of "Old Hickory" edited by the prolific historian John Stilwell Jenkins (1818-1852). This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a Later Printing - "eleventh thousand" - of the First Edition, which (perhaps) was first published in 1848. Includes the Eulogy delivered in 1845 by George Bancroft. 397 pages with 9 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Brown cloth binding, blind-stamped, with a gilt figure of Jackson on a horse waving his hat. Clean and readable text, although foxed throughout. The FFEP has been removed. Corners bumped and just worn-through; the foot of the spine has a 1-1/2" tear. No dustjacket. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001174
- Title
- Life and Public Services of Gen. Andrew Jackson Seventh President of the United States; Including The Most Important of His State Papers
- Author
- Jenkins, John S. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Miller, Orton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York & Auburn
- Date Published
- 1857
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- FFEP
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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