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KATHERINE DOUGLAS; OR, PRINCIPLE DEVELOPED
by Coppard, S. Selby
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: J.C. Riker, 1850. 12mo. 237 pages, plus frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Original purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and with gilt centerpiece on each cover. [19 cm.] Spine faded and with wear and tears at ends; corners worn. Heavy circular stains and impressions on covers, suggest the volume was perhaps used as a resting place for a tea kettle or the like. Hinges cracked, but holding. Lacking front free endpaper. Marginal damping to first few leaves including plates. Engraved title leaf chipped along lower edge (it apparently adhered to the frontispiece and was then torn free). Scattered foxing and small stains, not affecting legibility. Poor to fair only. First American edition? Title page states: "From the second London edition, improved and corrected," however no earlier edition from either side of the Atlantic is found by OCLC. A novel with the explicit purpose of inculcating Christian morals. "The author has written the following little work (mostly drawn from living characters), under the painful conviction, that amidst much profession of a kind of fashionable religion, real vital principle, which will alone stand the test in `that great day,' is sadly deficient." --preface. Scarce. OCLC finds only the Univ. of Chicago copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000561
- Title
- KATHERINE DOUGLAS; OR, PRINCIPLE DEVELOPED
- Author
- Coppard, S. Selby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.C. Riker
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- religion religious
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE - U.S. - 19TH CENTURY; RELIGIOUS HISTORY;
Terms of Sale
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
We offer a full refund, including the purchase price and the original shipping cost, in the event an item is not as described in the listing, provided that we receive the returned item within 30 days after delivery. We will refund the purchase price, but not the shipping, for any other reason, within ten (10) days of delivery, provided we are given prior notification of the return (please email or phone) and all items are returned in the condition in which they were received.
About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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