Sovereign Woman Versus Mere Man: A Medley of Quotations.
by HAINES, Jenny Day
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1905. First edition. Square octavo. 91, [1] pp. French-fold. Attractive frontispiece and each page with a decorative border featuring angels and bats. Publisher's hard wrappers with attached green dust jacket with lettering and design in gilt. Some erosion to head of spine but overall a very good copy.With such indecipherable gems as: "The woman who makes flannel shirts for the Hottentots is very apt to have a husband in her own home whose shirts need mending."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71266
- Title
- Sovereign Woman Versus Mere Man: A Medley of Quotations.
- Author
- HAINES, Jenny Day
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paul Elder
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1905
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...