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Motherly Talks with Young Housekeepers
by Beecher, H.W. (Mrs.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: J.B. Ford and Company, 1873. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Wood. 492pp, 10pp ads. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's original marroon stamped boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue-guard. Chipping to spine ends, spine faded but readable, light shelfwear, text is clean and binding is tight and sound, Justin Winsor rubber stamp on title page.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004252
- Title
- Motherly Talks with Young Housekeepers
- Author
- Beecher, H.W. (Mrs.)
- Illustrator
- Wood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Ford and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1873
- Pages
- 492
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cuisine Recipes "Household Hints
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Title Page
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