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The Taken Girl
by Vining, Elizabeth Gray
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670690996
- ISBN 13
- 9780670690992
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1972. Orphan girl joins Quaker household in antebellum Philadelphia and becomes involved in the Abolitionist movement. Stated first edition (first printing) with complete number line. Hardcover, full color illustrated reinforced binding. Light wear to book; jacket price-clipped with some edgewear, short tears, chipping at the spine ends; minor staini g to a few page edges. Text clean; 190 pages + note on the author (she tutored Crown Prince Akihito of Japan!). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0081
- Title
- The Taken Girl
- Author
- Vining, Elizabeth Gray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670690996
- ISBN 13
- 9780670690992
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Quakers, Philadelphia, Abolitionists, Slavery
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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