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Biographical Sketches
by Martineau, Harriet
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Macmillan, 1888. 4th edition, extended to include four new biographies, plus authors own post mortem. Only released in India and the colonies. Green cloth boards with gilt spine title, lightly bumped corners, minor rubbing. S/F and browning to end papers otherwise a tight copy with clean bright text.. 4th Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6490
- Title
- Biographical Sketches
- Author
- Martineau, Harriet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
Postage at buyers cost, packaging is no charge. All books shipped same-day payment is received. we pack carefully and insure all orders. Payment by paypal and must be received in full before goods are dispatched. If for any reason you are not satisfied return your book within 30 days and we will happily refund the book purchase price.
About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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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