Practical Lectures to Ladies;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Selkirk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge, Macmillan, 1856;. Second edition. Hardback. Good- condition. xii, 295pp with 20pp Publisher's Catalogue. Internal hinges cracked but firm. Lacks free front endpaper abd title page. Lectures include: Plan of a Female College for the Help of the Rich & Poor, The Every-Day Work of Ladies, On Teaching by Words and many more. Brown covers with blind line decoration with gilt title on sunned spine. Split at hinge, top edge torn. .
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- Bookseller
- Wheen O'Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20856
- Title
- Practical Lectures to Ladies;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Macmillan, 1856;
- Keywords
- Victorian Ladies Female College Educational Educational
- Bookseller catalogs
- Educational;
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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...
- Title Page
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- Poor
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- Sunned
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
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- Cracked
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