Proposal and Espousal; or, Marriage and Home
by A CLERGYMAN
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Brantford: Bradley, Garretson & Co, 1888. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grey cloth with black and gilt decorations to front board and to spine. All edges gilt. Black and white frontispiece and plates [all present]. Some light wear to cloth at outer corners and at head and heel of spine. Some soiling to boards and spine. Small bump to fore edge of rear board. Signatures just starting; binding is sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19406
- Title
- Proposal and Espousal; or, Marriage and Home
- Author
- A CLERGYMAN
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradley, Garretson & Co
- Place of Publication
- Brantford
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Early Marriage Guides
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...