Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson
by Frost, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. g. Small quarto. XII, 560pp. 3/4 dark blue leather over blue cloth with gold-stamped lettering and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Steel-engraved frontipiece protected with a tissue-guard. Illustrated half title-page. Fascinating early biography of America's 7th President, profusely illustrated with numerous b/w steel-engraved illustrations (some being full page). Very minor edge wear to binding with joints and corners slightly rubbed. Some damp staining on first pages and on outer margin of some pages (not affecting text). Sporadic foxing throughout. Binding and interior in overall good to very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23890
- Title
- Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson
- Author
- Frost, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Belknap and Hamersley
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- American presidents, Biography, Old Hickory, United States history, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Spine
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- Quarto
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- First Edition
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
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