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The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Dallas, Sandra
- Bookseller: Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 017257
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Edition: 4th Printing
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0312187106
- ISBN 13: 9780312187101
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1998
- Pages: 229
- Size: 5.75 x 8.5 x 0.75 inches
- Weight: 0.6 pounds
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ several page tips creased/ corners and spine creased. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
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Book summary
In the Colorado Territory in the 1860s, young Mattie McCauley has set up her homestead with her new husband, Luke Spenser. New to the frontier, Mattie faces the hardships of childbirth, Indian raids, disease, and crop failure, but her undying spirit pulls her family through.
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