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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1839. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition, 1839. Cloth hardcover with paper spine-label, clean unmarked text, 124 +xvi (appendix) pp., Good copy, bold old signature on the front flyleaf (affecting several other pages), small more recent numerical notation in pink marker on the front pastedown, foxing throughout, soiling and discoloration to the covers and the spine-label, rubbing and wear to the spine-label and to the book's covers including loss to the tips, no dust jacket. Errata slip tipped in at rear.

Philadelphia: Printed by James Crissy, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. [1], 124 pages, xvi appendix, errata slip, [1]. Green cloth hardcover with imprinted floral designs on the covers. Partially faded paper title label on the spine. A couple of spots to the green cloth. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. The contents of this book are written in diary fashion and cover the years 1774-1776 in the Philadelphia area. Much content on the American Revolution is provided. From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Christopher Marshall was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 6, 1709. He was educated in England and sailed to America sometime in the late 1720s. By 1729, he had established a pharmacy shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Thompson (1702-1771) in 1736 and the couple had three surviving sons. A few years after Sarah's death, in 1774, he married again, this time to Abigail Fisher Cooper (1721- 1782). His success as a pharmacist and chemist allowed… Read More