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Only A Girl-Wife
by Lamb, Ruth (Ruth Buck)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1887. Gilt titles and ornate gilt decoration on tan cloth boards. Boards are generally very clean with only some very light marks to front and a little wear to spine head and tail with some slight dulling. Internally the front hinge is cracked, there is light foxing to endpapers and closed edges else clean and unmarked. Overall a Good + copy with gilt to front especially bright. Not dated but this edition is cited by The British Library as 1887. 384 pages. Illustrated with plates and chapter headings and tails. Previously published under the author's maiden name of Ruth Buck it is a moral tale with a christian background. 11. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002007
- Title
- Only A Girl-Wife
- Author
- Lamb, Ruth (Ruth Buck)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RUTH BUCK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction;
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About the Seller
Goldring Books
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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