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Simplifying Motherhood: A Handbook on the Care of the Baby
by Richardson, Frank Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (7.5"x5"). 263pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Sun-darkened spine & joints. Slightly foxed, rubbed boards. Gilt mostly rubbed from upper cover title. Textblock edges toned & heavily foxed. Cracked hinges (binding still sound). Pages toned. B&W illustrated cuts. No dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3679
- Title
- Simplifying Motherhood: A Handbook on the Care of the Baby
- Author
- Richardson, Frank Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
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About the Seller
Downtown Books & News
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Downtown Books & News
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Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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,...
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