Tokology: A Book For Every Woman
by Stockham, Alice B
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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El Cajon, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Il: Alice B. Stockham & Co. , 1890 373 pages + 10 pages ads. Green cloth, black decorations, gilt spine titles, red edges, and decorated endpapers. Front and rear hinges cracked, one other gutter crack. Basically sound and tight otherwise with slight sag. Wear at the corners and spine ends, light edge wear, light wear at the external hinge. Small chip on the front pastedown. Three edge bumps, and other very light bumps on the back board. Pocket contents missing. Written by the fifth woman to become a doctor in the U.S.. Revised. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- 50000books.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009837
- Title
- Tokology: A Book For Every Woman
- Author
- Stockham, Alice B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Alice B. Stockham & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Il
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine; Health; Women's Studies;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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