Anecdotes for Girls: Entertaining Narratives and Anecdotes, Illustrative of Principles and Character (with Warnings Against Dancing0
by Newcomb, Harvey
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1848. Original embossed decorative cloth, gilt titles, (6.25 x 4 inches). 144 pages, plus publisher's adverts at rear; tissue-protected frontis and woodcut illustrations. Rev. Newcomb professes that a failure to comply with Victorian ideals of womanhood will result in loneliness, poverty, and immorality. Provenance: contemporary owner's signature of Miss Clarissa Lyon, Conneaut, Ohio on front free endpage. Shows some general expected wear, with loss of material at head of spine, typical page toning. A collectible copy of a genuinely scarce title.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005910
- Title
- Anecdotes for Girls: Entertaining Narratives and Anecdotes, Illustrative of Principles and Character (with Warnings Against Dancing0
- Author
- Newcomb, Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gould, Kendall and Lincoln
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Victorian Virtures; Anti-dancing; Children's Books
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
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- 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...