RECOLLECTIONS of A LITERARY LIFE; or, Books, Places, and People
by Mitford, Mary Russell 02c
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FAIR book. 1st ed. Book stays closed when stood on its spine.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Harper. FAIR book. 1st ed. Book stays closed when stood on its spine.. 1852. 1st Am ed.. Hardcover. FAIR book. FAE. Worn covers. Tight binding. First and last 20 pages lightly foxed. Last 30 pages water stained. 8"x5", 558pp. . Neatly pencilled ownership name, dated March 24, 1852, the year first published. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001140
- Title
- RECOLLECTIONS of A LITERARY LIFE; or, Books, Places, and People
- Author
- Mitford, Mary Russell 02c
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR book. 1st ed. Book stays closed when stood on its spine.
- Edition
- 1st Am ed.
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FAIR book. FAE. Worn covers. Tight binding. First and last 20 pages, lightly foxed. Last 30 pages water stained. 8"x5", 558pp.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...