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Meta Gray: What Makes Home Happy
by M.J. McIntosh
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
"META GRAY - or, What Makes Home Happy" by M.J. McIntosh. 1859; D. Appleton and Company; New York. There are eight pages of publisher's advertisements at the back. The chapters are as follows: Meta's Home; Changes in the Home - A New Relation; A Home More Splendid, but Less Happy than Meta's; The Disappointment - A Journey Planned; The Great Teacher - Introduction to New Scenes and New Characters; Relations and No Friends; Teaching by Books and by Example; The Last Home.
Condition:
Clean covers; the cloth and lettering on the spine has somewhat faded. Tiny cloth tear at the bottom-right corner tip of the front cover; tiny cloth tears at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Consistent foxing to the pages. There is an old inscription written in pen on the front end paper. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6887
- Title
- Meta Gray
- Author
- M.J. McIntosh
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mj mcintosh, meta gray, what makes home happy, florence arnott, the lofty and lowly, blind alice, rose and lillie stanhope, two pictures
- Bookseller catalogs
- Other;
Terms of Sale
CraigsClassics
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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