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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jackets. 2,783 pp. Volume I: 909 pp. Volume II: 947 pp. Volume III: 927 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jackets. Bound in blue cloth with gilt type face on the spines. NOTE: Both the cloth and the gilt type face on the spines are dulled. John Tipton Papers Three Volumes 1809-1839. Volume I covers the years 1809-27, Volume II, 1828-1833, Volume II, 1834-1839. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. …