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The Ladies' Treasury, 1867
by WARREN, Mrs. (ed.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bemrose & Sons, 1867. Vol. III - New Series. Hardcover. Fair. iv, 572 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. A few colour plates, including two fold-out embroidery patterns. Half green leather with marbled paper boards. Spines gilt, brown spine labels. Corners bumped and edges worn. Paper scuffed and rubbed. Spine and front board separated from text block edge and front board is nearly detached from spine. Pages up to title are detached. Foxing.
Includes poetry, articles on needlework, reviews of music, etc. Articles about the ambition of women to grow beards, how postage stamps are made in France, hairdressing in equatorial Africa, a cure for hydrophobia, why ladies should read newspapers, etc.
Includes poetry, articles on needlework, reviews of music, etc. Articles about the ambition of women to grow beards, how postage stamps are made in France, hairdressing in equatorial Africa, a cure for hydrophobia, why ladies should read newspapers, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147697
- Title
- The Ladies' Treasury, 1867
- Author
- WARREN, Mrs. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Vol. III - New Series
- Publisher
- Bemrose & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- Women, magazines, literature, poetry, needlework, domestic science, household science,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
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