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Courtship, Love, and Wedlock. Romantic and Historical. Embracing Great Romances of Affection; Practical Suggestions for Lovers, Husbands and Wives; Numerous Social, Historical and Anecdotal Facts and Illustrations....
by Reddall, Henry Frederic
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati and New York: The Jones Brothers Publishing Co.; Bryan, Talor and Company, 1888. First edition, 1888. Worn but sound collection of Victorian stories, poetry and advice about love, mainly reprinted from other sources, illustrated with engravings. Golden tan cloth lettered and extensively decorated in gilt and dark brown, about 10.75 inches tall, a hefty 560 pages. Covers rubbed with heavy fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges internally cracked and reglued in an unattractive but secure manner, text block sound, pages clean with foxing to the first and last few pages, pages otherwise clean with a gift notation from 1891 on the preliminary blank, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041677
- Title
- Courtship, Love, and Wedlock. Romantic and Historical. Embracing Great Romances of Affection; Practical Suggestions for Lovers, Husbands and Wives; Numerous Social, Historical and Anecdotal Facts and Illustrations....
- Author
- Reddall, Henry Frederic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Jones Brothers Publishing Co.; Bryan, Talor and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati and New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- VICTORIAN COURTSHIP STORIES FLIRTING BEHAVIOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a 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...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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