The Ladies' Treasury, 1866
by WARREN, Mrs. (ed.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Houlston and Wright, 1866. Vol. I & II - New Series. Hardcover. Fair. iv, 5-364, iv, 5-354 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. A few colour plates. Half green leather with marbled paper boards. Spines gilt, brown spine labels. Corners bumped and edges worn. Paper scuffed and rubbed. Spine and front board separated from text block edge. Pages up to title are detached. Ink inscription on a front endpaper.
"An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Literature, Poetry, Fine Art, Education, Domestic Economy, Needlework, and Fashion." Includes tales and narratives, poetry, articles on fancy work and cookery, reviews of music, etc. Articles about Lord Ponsonby's prescription for cholera, celebrated female sculptors, orange trees as an investment, utilization of sewage, what American women can do, etc.
"An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Literature, Poetry, Fine Art, Education, Domestic Economy, Needlework, and Fashion." Includes tales and narratives, poetry, articles on fancy work and cookery, reviews of music, etc. Articles about Lord Ponsonby's prescription for cholera, celebrated female sculptors, orange trees as an investment, utilization of sewage, what American women can do, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147696
- Title
- The Ladies' Treasury, 1866
- Author
- WARREN, Mrs. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Vol. I & II - New Series
- Publisher
- Houlston and Wright
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Women, magazines, literature, poetry, needlework, domestic science, household science,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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