Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville. With Selections from Her Correspondence
by [Somerville, Mary] Somerville, Martha
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers. Good +/No Dust Jacket. 1874. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Used 8vo 377pp Written by subjects daughter. Mary Somerville wrote several books on scientific studies and helped further the opinion of women in public life. Good+ in green cloth (white splatters to front board, fade spots to boards due to moisture, light rubbing to edges, mold stains to rear inner hinge) .
Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W059813
- Title
- Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville. With Selections from Her Correspondence
- Author
- [Somerville, Mary] Somerville, Martha
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by With frontis portrait..
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +/No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Biography, Literature, Somerville, Science, Education, Womens, Studies, Females
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Vashon, Washington
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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