REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF 1860 UPON THE PROPOSED CANAL TO UNITE BARNSTABLE AND BUZZARD'S BAYS, UNDER THE RESOLVE OF APRIL 4, 1860 AND SUBSEQUENT RESOLVES AND VOTES OF THE LEGISLATURE Public Document No. 41
by Chase, J. G. Et Al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Wright and Potter. Good+. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Maps & charts inVG+ condition. Yellow endpaper. 165pp of text plus 14 fold-out maps and charts. 2 oversized maps, some color. Charts of shipwrecks occuring around Cape Cod from 1843-1859. Report on tides. George Washington letter proposing the building of the canal. Front corners and spine ends are lightly rubbed. Cloth tears in gutter with cover firmly attached. Massachusettes Canal; Maps and Charts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16469
- Title
- REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF 1860 UPON THE PROPOSED CANAL TO UNITE BARNSTABLE AND BUZZARD'S BAYS, UNDER THE RESOLVE OF APRIL 4, 1860 AND SUBSEQUENT RESOLVES AND VOTES OF THE LEGISLATURE Public Document No. 41
- Author
- Chase, J. G. Et Al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wright and Potter
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Canal Commissioners
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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