Old Post Road. The Story of the Boston Post Road
by Holbrook, Stewart H
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc., 1962 Book. Illus. by Larry Lurin. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 273 pp, 26 chapters, acknowledgments, bilbiography, index with b&w illustrated chapter headpieces by Larry Lurin. American Trail Series. In this richly detailed account--the second volume in McGraw-Hill's Amreican Trails Series--the author, beginning with the first postrider in 1673, tells the stories of the three original roads that were to become the famed Post Road. from the Jacket Flap. Price clipped with only the slightest edgewear dj. Inked name on front pastedown, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000951
- Title
- Old Post Road. The Story of the Boston Post Road
- Author
- Holbrook, Stewart H
- Illustrator
- Larry Lurin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY REGIONAL NORTHEAST OLD POST ROAD BOSTON TO NEW YORK 1673
- Bookseller catalogs
- U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo
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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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