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MINUTES OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR DETECTING AND DEFEATING CONSPIRACIES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (3 VOLS)
by Paltsits, Victor (ed) 02f
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GOOD books, no DJs. 1st thus. Edgeworn. Tight. FINE text
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Albany: New York State. GOOD books, no DJs. 1st thus. Edgeworn. Tight. FINE text. 1909 - 1910. 1st thus.. Hardcover. GOOD books, no DJs. Japanese tissue paper reenforces 3 of the 6 inner hinges. Lightly foxed eps. 11" high. 430,431-836,268pp. . 4 of 6 inner hinge papers cracked, though hinges still sound. Outwardly shabby, but clean. Text block top edges clean as new. All other edges deckled, without any appreciable soiling. Furthur, in all 3 vols, the fore edges of a quarter of all leaves were never cut open. Still a useful set. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001624
- Title
- MINUTES OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR DETECTING AND DEFEATING CONSPIRACIES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (3 VOLS)
- Author
- Paltsits, Victor (ed) 02f
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD books, no DJs. 1st thus. Edgeworn. Tight. FINE text
- Edition
- 1st thus.
- Publisher
- New York State
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1909 - 1910
- Keywords
- GOOD books, no DJs. Japanese tissue paper reenforces 3 of the 6 inner, hinges. Lightly foxed eps. 11" high. 430,431-836,268pp., nonf
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
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- Text Block
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
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