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THE YOUNG SERVANT: or, Aunt Susan and her Nieces
by COPLEY, Esther Hewlett [ but this ed. anonymous]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Religious Tract Society. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good. This 6th ed. undated but c. 1860-1865. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt sp. lettering, clean, rubbing to sp. ends and outer corners, slightly cocked. no fr. end-paper, vi + 209; tanning flecks to rear end-papers and intermittently throughout, mostly to latter part of book, pp. 182-189 more heavily, esp. 186-189 some incipient gutter openings but remains tight, and otherwise unmarked. A mixture of pious fiction and advice to servants, sometimes in dialogue form. 10 cm x 15.5 cm
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013170
- Title
- THE YOUNG SERVANT: or, Aunt Susan and her Nieces
- Author
- COPLEY, Esther Hewlett [ but this ed. anonymous]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian social history religion fiction
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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