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Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk as Exhibited in a Narative of her Sufferings etc & The Nun, or Six Months Residence in a Convent
by Monk, Maria ; Reed, Rebecca
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Booksellers. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. undated circa 1870 UK edition printed for the booksellers by John Jones. Green buckram with gilt titles and embossed decoration to front and spine, Heavy foxing to end papers and prelims and title pages age toned. and with fading to edges of all pages. Otherwise clean throughout with secure binding. A very good copy of this work Maria Monk's, now largely credited as being fictitious, account of abuse in a Roman Catholic convent first published in 1836, added to which is included Rebecca Reed's account of her six months living in a Convent which was published a year earlier. Both of these accounts caused a furore throughout America and Canada when published and at the time Monk's book was more popular than Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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- Bookseller
- Andrew James Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003826
- Title
- Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk as Exhibited in a Narative of her Sufferings etc & The Nun, or Six Months Residence in a Convent
- Author
- Monk, Maria ; Reed, Rebecca
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Booksellers
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CATHOLIC ABUSE, RELIGIOUS CONVENT NUN ANTI CATHOLICISM LITERATURE FICTION, CHURCH FICTION
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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