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Lot 146
Sale 6115 - Books & Manuscripts
Sep 19, 2019
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[Americana] [Webster, Noah] The Herald; a Gazette for the Country
New York, June 7, 1797-September 30, 1797; nos. 310-343. Folio. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards, spine rubbed, covers rubbed and slightly blistered. Trimmed with small losses of printing at the fore-edges of some leaves, front and rear hinge starting, moderately toned, scattered foxing, scattered minor staining, with the late 18th century armorial bookplate of John Williams on front paste-down, and with his ownership signature at the head of the front page of each issue. Ex-library with label on front paste-down and ink stamp at head of first issue. Brigham pp.648-649; the armorial bookplate of John Williams is illustrated on p.55 of Charles Dexter Allen's American Book-Plates, New York, 1905.