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The Mother of the Wesleys: A Biography

by Rev. John Kirk

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Poe & Hitchcock, 1865. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Forest green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration, minor edgewear, and slightly bumped spine ends and corners. Small dark inkblots scattered up and down part of spine and just barely onto front board. Red-tinted text block is unusually crisp and clean. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned and foxed, although most foxing is to first/last few pages. B/w engraved frontis portrait with tissue guard. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Biography of Susannah Wesley, mother of John Wesley.

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Bookseller
Albion Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000891
Title
The Mother of the Wesleys: A Biography
Author
Rev. John Kirk
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
Jacket Condition
NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued)
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Poe & Hitchcock
Date Published
1865
Pages
398
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.

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Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Crisp
A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Text Block
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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....
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...
Foxed
Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...

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