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The Story of My Life or The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years: A Narrative of Her Early Life and Struggles for Education, Three Years' Experiences on a Southern Plantation Among White Masters and Black Slaves, Her Courtship, Marriage, Domestic Life, Etc. With Hitherto Unrecorded Incidents and Recollections of Three Y
by Livermore, Mary A. (Teacher, Author, Wife, Mother, Army Nurse, Soldiers' Friend, Lecturer, Reformer)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: A. D. Worthington & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xxxiv, 35-730 pages, [4] pages advertisements. Illustrated. Faded blue green cloth hardcover with blind stamped border decorations. Gilt title on spine. Green floral end sheets. Light insect damage to the cloth binding. Rear hinge cracked. Interior contents are clean.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29993
- Title
- The Story of My Life or The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years
- Author
- Livermore, Mary A. (Teacher, Author, Wife, Mother, Army Nurse, Soldiers' Friend, Lecturer, Reformer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. D. Worthington & Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Civil War, Education, Woman's Suffrage
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- 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,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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