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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. - Octavo, pictorial red cloth titled in black with decorations in gilt on the spine & in gilt & in black within a gilt panel with an illustration & decorations stamped in black on the front cover. The covers are rubbed & bumped with slight fraying to the corners & dampstaining & soiling to the rear cover. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail chipped. 352 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. The front hinge is cracked & the rear hinge is just starting. The front endpaper is lacking, there is a pencil notation on the rear endpaper & pencil names on the verso of the frontispiece.There are remnants of a label on the front pastedown. The page edges are slightly darkened & there is occasional soiling. Good reading copy. …

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. This is the 1885 edition of the Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Co of Chicago edition, no indication of what printing. Red fabric bound hardcover boards still very flat, edges worn through at bottom near spine, tiny chunk missing near back top as some pet took a liking for it, corners are bowed and worn through. Spine is worn, small tears at top and bottom, 1 inch tear along front of spine at bottom exposing binding. Title on spine is faded but still legible, front cover is in better shape, embossing still good, picture of 3 small children in bonnets. Hinges are gutters good, still well attached to binding, which is Smyth sewn. Only issue is a split line along pages 289 to 291 exposing some binding along the top half, page 289 is loose along the top. Pages have a small bookplate on the inside front cover, are rather roughly and unevenly bound, somewhat yellowed towards the edges, but otherwise unmarked or folded.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; vi, 618 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm ; red cloth no dustjacket ; OCLC 1253125 ; LCCN 12026767 ; LC F234.R5 C62 ; foxing to glassine protective sheet on title page ; Contents: From the Appearance of the White Man to 1800 -- The First Decade in the New Century, 1800-1810 -- The Theatre Fire, War, Building the City, 1810-1820 -- La Fayette's Visit, Helping Thomas Jefferson, the Constitutional Convention, 1820-1830 -- The Period of Internal Improvements, 1830-1840 -- The Growing City, Bitter Political Contests, 1840-1850 -- The Discussions of Slavery and Relative Issues, 1850-1860 -- The Decade of War, Sorrow, Suffering and Death, 1860-1870 -- After the Darkness the Dawn of a New Era, 1870-1880 -- Rapid Growth and Material Advancement, 1880-1890 -- Closing a Century with the Achievements of the Years, 1890-1900 -- Greater Richmond with Greater Prospects for the Future, 1900-1912 -- Appendix -- Mayors of the City -- Official Rosters of Richmond Troops Mustered in the Service of the Confederacy -- Index ; Illustrations: William Byrd, the Founder of Richmond -- Map of Richmond, made by "William Byrd, 1737 -- View of Richmond from Below Mayo's Bridge, 1807 -- The Burning Theatre and Richmond in 1817 -- Richmond in 1826, showing Penitentiary, City Hall, Capitol and Governor's Mansion -- Richmond from Church Hill west, 1851 -- Richmond, 1852, from Manchester -- Richmond from Gambles Hill, showing Armory, Tredegar Works, &c., 1858 -- Lancasterian School, Fair Grounds at what is now Monroe Park, and Libby Prison from the Dock -- The Burning of Richmond, April 3, 1865 -- Federal Troops Entering Richmond, Ruins of Mayo's Bridge after the Fire, and the Ruins of the Confederate Laboratory near the Petersburg Railroad Bridge -- Views of Richmond to-day -- The Heart of Richmond after the Fire of 1865 and the Heart of Richmond July, 1912 ; "It has been my purpose to represent every phase of the city's life and to tell something of interest to the people of every class-professional, commercial, industrial and social. At the risk of being tedious I have given the names of the men back of the movements in order that we may become acquainted with the builders of our city as they come before the eyes of the public. The names of many worthy citizens have not been mentioned because they did not happen to come before the public vision. I have told of a few crimes which have been so notorious as to become a part of the history and many I have omitted." ; color frontispiece ; VG. Book.…