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Harriet Martineau
by Miller, Mrs. F. Fenwick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: W.H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1890. Mrs. F(lorence) Fenwick Miller (1854-1935) was a journalist well-known as what we would today call a feminist. Her biography of Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), who has been called "the first modern sociologist," is a sympathetic one. Martineau was very prominent in the intellectual circles of her day, writing on history, political economy, and children's literature.This is a Near Fine copy of the Third Edition, designated as part of the "Eminent Women Series. Edited by John H. Ingram." Ingram was a prominent editor and biographer, an advocate for the literary reputation of Edgar Poe.There is no publication date, but the First Edition was 1884, and the Second in 1889. Therefore, Quercus assigns a publication date of 1890 as probable. Green cloth binding, with titling on the front cover and spine in gilt. Clean text; x, 224 pages. Hardly any wear evident; slightly cocked, else a Fine copy.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004119
- Title
- Harriet Martineau
- Author
- Miller, Mrs. F. Fenwick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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