The Mother of the Wesleys: A Biography
by Rev. John Kirk
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued)
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Poe & Hitchcock, 1865. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Forest green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration, minor edgewear, and slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Small dark inkblots scattered up and down part of spine and just barely onto front board. Red-tinted text block is unusually crisp and clean. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned and foxed, although most foxing is to first/last few pages. B/w engraved frontis portrait with tissue guard. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Biography of Susannah Wesley, mother of John Wesley.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000891
- Title
- The Mother of the Wesleys: A Biography
- Author
- Rev. John Kirk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Poe & Hitchcock
- Date Published
- 1865
- Pages
- 398
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Albion Books
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Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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