Happy Homes and The Hearts That Make Them, or Thrifty People and Why They Thrive
by Smiles, Samuel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: U. S. Publishing House, 1882. Cloth over boards, half bound in leather. Some rubbing and spotting. Beveled board edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontis. and other illustrations, with tissue overlays. x, 644pp. Revised, with additional matter, by Chas. A. Gaskell.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069692
- Title
- Happy Homes and The Hearts That Make Them, or Thrifty People and Why They Thrive
- Author
- Smiles, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- U. S. Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Self Help;
Terms of Sale
Turn-The-Page Books
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
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Skyway, Washington
About Turn-The-Page Books
Customer service is our top priority! Susan is an ALA member librarian and lifelong book collector and enthusiast. Peter has happily spent over 30 years in the used book business. Books are well packaged to prevent damage in transit.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Half Bound
- ...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.