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MEMOIR SELINA, COUNTES OF HUNTINGDON
by New, Alfed H. Rev
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowlledge, 1859. 1st US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition, stated on title page. 8vo, publisher's royal blue, pebbled cloth, blind-stamped and ruled front and rear, gilt to spine. xx, 21- 455, indexed. Slight lean to spine, two small spots front cover, moderately foxed, mostly at front and back. Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1707 1791) was an English religious leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales. OCLC identifies 4 editions of this title in 44 libraries worldwide. Solid copy, particularly attractive for its period cloth binding.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013115
- Title
- MEMOIR SELINA, COUNTES OF HUNTINGDON
- Author
- New, Alfed H. Rev
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowlledge
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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