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The Ladies' Treasury, 1863
by WARREN, Mrs. (ed.)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Houlston and Wright, 1863. Vol. VII. Hardcover. Good. iv, 360 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Half green leather with marbled paper boards. Spines gilt, brown spine labels. Corners bumped and edges worn. Paper rubbed. Ink signature and mark on front endpaper. Paper browning. Some foxing.
"An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Literature, Poetry, Fine Art, Education, Domestic Economy, Needlework, and Fashion." Includes tales and narratives, poetry, articles on fancy work and cookery, etc. Articles about the first overland trip to California, female emigration to New Zealand, Princess Alexandra, how to stew an ox kidney, how to skeletonize leaves, etc.
"An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Literature, Poetry, Fine Art, Education, Domestic Economy, Needlework, and Fashion." Includes tales and narratives, poetry, articles on fancy work and cookery, etc. Articles about the first overland trip to California, female emigration to New Zealand, Princess Alexandra, how to stew an ox kidney, how to skeletonize leaves, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147693
- Title
- The Ladies' Treasury, 1863
- Author
- WARREN, Mrs. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Vol. VII
- Publisher
- Houlston and Wright
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- Women, magazines, literature, poetry, needlework, domestic science, household science, Princess Alexandra, Cooking,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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London, Ontario
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- New
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- Fine
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
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