The Young Lady's Pocket Library, or Parental Monitor; Containing, Dr. Gregory's Father's Legacy to His Daughters; Lady Pennington's Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Daughters; Marchioness de Lambert's Advice of a Mother to Her Daughter; Moore's
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- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: John Archer, 1790. First UK Edition. Calf. Very Good -. .Fables for the Female Sex. Original or very old mottled calf boards, rebacked with leather spine and red leather label with gilt title. Cover edges and corners rubbed, corners gently bumped. Pages slightly toned, some staining to edges of pastedowns, ffe, and title page. Text clean. Binding tight and firm. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008893
- Title
- The Young Lady's Pocket Library, or Parental Monitor; Containing, Dr. Gregory's Father's Legacy to His Daughters; Lady Pennington's Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Daughters; Marchioness de Lambert's Advice of a Mother to Her Daughter; Moore's
- Format/Binding
- Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- John Archer
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1790
- Keywords
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Tight
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
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- Spine
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- Edges
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