The Young Housekeeper's Friend: Or, a Guide to Domestic Economy and Comfort
by Mrs. Cornelius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Whittemore, Niles and Hall & Milwaukie: A. Whittemore and Company. Used - Acceptable. 1856. Hardcover. Quarter cloth and paper covered boards. Octavo. 190 pp. Significant wear and severe dampstains to boards, with significant wear and chipping along edges. Front joint cracked, lower portion of spine torn away. Heavy foxing and some toning to pages. Text complete and sound as a working copy. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C56044
- Title
- The Young Housekeeper's Friend: Or, a Guide to Domestic Economy and Comfort
- Author
- Mrs. Cornelius
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Whittemore, Niles and Hall & Milwaukie: A. Whittemore and Company
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- 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....
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...