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Lot 432

[AMERICANA]. GEE, Joshua (1667-1730). The Trade and Navigation of Great-Britain Considered... London: Sam. Buckley, 1731.

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[AMERICANA]. GEE, Joshua (1667-1730). The Trade and Navigation of Great-Britain Considered... London: Sam. Buckley, 1731. 8vo. 164 pp. Bound in modern full red cloth library binding, spine gilt, modern endleaves, blanks. THIRD EDITION. The author was a Quaker and a business partner of Augustine Washington, George Washington's father. This book is expanded with a supplement, and has important information about tobacco and sugar plantations in the American colonies. 

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Library markings on ffep, inkstamp on title-page, assorted pencil markings throughout, text toned, occasionally soiled, foxed. Good. 

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