EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF WASHINGTON CITY [SIGNED]
by Hines, Christian
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Washington, D. C.: Chronicle Book and Job Print, 1866. Softcover. Small Octavo, 96 pages. In Good minus condition. Rebound in tan paper wraps with original front cover attached. Covers have top corner of front cover chipped off, bending to corners, light creasing to spine, and light edge wear. Original front cover has significant portions missing from edges. Textblock has heavy age toning and foxing to first page, mild foxing to pages, first two pages partially torn at binding, and marking and underlining in pencil on many pages. Signed by author on first page. Shelved Room A, 16 General Ephemera Box. Christian Hines [1781-1874] was a Washington D.C. soldier and businessman. He served in the War of 1812 and ran several businesses in Washington D. C., including a grocery store and a silkworm farm in what is now the Kalorama neighborhood. He is best known for "Early Recollections of Washington City" 1378170. Special Collections.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1378170
- Title
- EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF WASHINGTON CITY [SIGNED]
- Author
- Hines, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chronicle Book and Job Print
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1866
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...