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How to Spoil a Good Citizen; and Other Stories
by [Abbot, Anne Wales]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original black cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Minor spotting or soiling else fine
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, and S. G. Simpkins, 1848. First edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Original black cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Minor spotting or soiling else fine. First edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Not in Wright.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26840
- Title
- How to Spoil a Good Citizen; and Other Stories
- Author
- [Abbot, Anne Wales]
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original black cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Minor spotting or soiling else fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Crosby and Nichols, and S. G. Simpkins
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- American
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
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- 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
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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...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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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