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Things a Lady Would Like to Know Concerning Domestic Management and Expenditure. Arranged for Daily Reference with hints regarding the intellectual as well as the physical life.
by Southgate, Henry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. 1st edition 1874.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece, wood engraved chapter head pieces and tail pieces. 543 pages. 22 x 15 x 5.5cm. All edges gilt. Original chocolate decorated cloth, gilt, at one time rebacked preserving original backstrip. The original endpapers preserved with strengthening of inner hinges. Frontispiece and engraved title slightly foxed. Contents tight and very clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gordon Hughes
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069877
- Title
- Things a Lady Would Like to Know Concerning Domestic Management and Expenditure. Arranged for Daily Reference with hints regarding the intellectual as well as the physical life.
- Author
- Southgate, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. 1st edition 1874.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cookery recipes domestic household hints
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About the Seller
Gordon Hughes
Biblio member since 2009
shellharbour, New South Wales
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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