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Character Essential to Success in Life: Addressed to Those Who are Approaching Manhood
by Taylor Isaac (of Ongar)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1829 Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 176pp, in old maroon cloth binding of mid-19th Century Dublin parochial school library, title page and a couple of other slightly soiled, text body generally very good. The binding is quite sound and tight, though plain, with only the library book number 22 in gilt on the spine. This book was probably originally issued in a flimsy binding, and rebound after being later donated to the library..
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12536
- Title
- Character Essential to Success in Life: Addressed to Those Who are Approaching Manhood
- Author
- Taylor Isaac (of Ongar)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1829
- Keywords
- RELIGION, CHRISTIANITY, THEOLOGY, NONCONFORMISM,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
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About the Seller
Glenbower Books
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Dublin, Dublin
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
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