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Altre immaginiEditore: Leary & Getz, Philadelphia, 1855
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Da: FoxyBooks, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.FoxyBooks
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Buono
EUR 167,12
EUR 2,63 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. ⢠Know-Nothing-era anti-Catholic polemic dressed as martyrology â" Philadelphia 1855 is the precise geographic and temporal epicenter of American nativist anti-Catholic violence (Philadelphia Nativist Riots 1844 + Know-Nothing Party 1854-1855 peak electoral moment + Bedini riots + Philadelphia Bible Riots).Two…-tier condition: arabesque blind-stamped binding heavily worn â" edges rubbed through to bare board; blind-stamp design visible centrally on the less-worn medallion and ornament. Spine extremities worn; textblock loose at hinges. Interior reasonably clean â" text leaves toned with light foxing typical of mid-19c wood-pulp paper; hand-colored plates remain bright with original watercolor coverage intact (red, yellow, blue, pink garments and grey architectural washes all clearly readable). No tears or losses visible. The publisher's back-matter advertisement for C.B. Taylor's Pictorial History is present and intact. dark brown / black with blind-stamped foliate ornament.
