A CENOTAPH TO A WOMAN OF THE BURMAN MISSION: Or, Views in the Missionary Path of Helen M. Mason
by Mason, Francis
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lewis Colby, 1851. 187+pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration to covers. Binding soiled and rubbed w/ wear and tear to extremities. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name and inscription in pencil on front endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24753RG
- Title
- A CENOTAPH TO A WOMAN OF THE BURMAN MISSION: Or, Views in the Missionary Path of Helen M. Mason
- Author
- Mason, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lewis Colby
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- RELIGION GOD CHRISTIANITY JESUS CHRIST BIOGRAPHY MASON HELEN MARIA GRIGGS 1806 1844 1846 WOMENS STUDIES BURMAN MISSION MISSIONS MISSIONARY MISSIONARIES WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL BURMA UNION OF MYANMAR SOUTHEAST ASIA INDOCHINA NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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