Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Full brown-red cloth with gilt titles on front cover and spine. Spotting to the cloth. Light shelf wear. Slightly cocked. Decorative endpages. Gift inscription on back of frontispiece frontispiece is in full color. frontispiece is loose. Overall in FAIR condition. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013819
Title: The Road to Understanding
Author: Porter, Eleanor H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1917
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f

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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...
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