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187970121New York:: J. W. Pratt 1879. The paper is brittle at its edges and there are a few tiny chips and tears. Affidavits of Distinguished Physicians and Experts showing that the Willsea Brook is in fact an open "Sewer" and that Septic and Malarial Poison is necessarily developed by the overflowing of the adjacent meadowland. J. W. Pratt, unknown
1896rbr2-states441st ed. published 1876. Spine chipped 1 1/4" from top edge ow vg. Pocket-size edition. 148 pages including 3-page index and 7 pages of advertisements at back of book. Portsmouth Journal Job Print hardcover
18910831182New York: G. P. Putnam 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In red cloth with gilt spine titling 8vo 412ppads. minor light shelfwear to extremities slight toning to page edges. G. P. Putnam hardcover
1896218688DNew York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 486 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate on the fpdep. Lightly darkened on the ffep. Gilt on the top edges. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Worn around the edges and spine. 2nd edition. VG <br/> <br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
189114739New York: G P Putnam's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Subtitle continues: "Together with a report of the legislation now pending in Great Britain a sketch of the contest in the United States 1837-1891 in behalf of international copyright and certain papers on the development of the conception of literary property and the probable effects of the new American law." Published the same year as the passage of the US International Copyright Act of 1891 which first extended limited copyright protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. "Chiefly reprints of papers originally published during the "copyright campaign" in the U.S." - WorldCat. "George Haven Putnam 1844-1930 was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War he entered his father's publishing house G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S." - NYPL George Haven Putnam papers. An interesting compilation of copyright law history by an influential American publisher and advocate of international copyright protections. ; Questions of the Day; Vol. 67; xii 142 2 ad pages . G P Putnam's Sons hardcover
182755173N.p. 1827. First edition. old half morocco over marbled boards. First few leaves blanks at front and title page foxed; spine sunned; light scuffing to binding; tight and sound. 8vo. hardcover
1827367446Cambridge Mass. : Hilliard Metcalf & company printers 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in quarter cloth over paper boards. Wear and tear as with age loss to the spine with the boards only loosely attached. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Top right corner of title page missing. Provenance; from the library of the New England Historic-genealogical society Boston Mass with its presentation bookplate being presented by William S. Appleton of Boston Nov. 17 1864. Physical description; xi 351 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Nathaniel Appleton Haven. Biography. Memoir. Cambridge, Mass. : Hilliard, Metcalf, & company, printers hardcover
