Three Saints and a Sinner: Julia Ward Howe, Louisa, Annie and Sam Ward
by THARP, Louise Hall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 406pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing. A tight, attractive third printing of (to cite front jacket panel) "The story of the dynamic Julia Ward Howe, her sisters Louisa and Annie and their colorful brother Sam.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42685
- Title
- Three Saints and a Sinner: Julia Ward Howe, Louisa, Annie and Sam Ward
- Author
- THARP, Louise Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Biography;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...