True Motherhood
by Fernald, James C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pale grey pebbled cloth with green ivy design and gilt titles. Closed tear to spine, spine ends and corners rubbed, soiling to covers; age toned but clean interior, tight binding. Handwritten undated 2-page letter in envelope attached to front pastedown to "Mrs. Phelps" signed by "Le R Green (Greer?)" at address 317 Second Ave, with reference to Ester Sr and Ester Jr (wife and daughter?) explaining that "when I read the title of the book enclosed with this letter, my mind turned to a beautiful picture of a sweet young mother and lovely cherub faced baby that I saw one day while at your house." The sender has also pasted to the front endpapers a photograph of statues portraying mother and child, and the rear endpaper a photograph of sculptor Mrs. Vonnoh and her sculpture of a child. Scarce title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blum and Rosen Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024751
- Title
- True Motherhood
- Author
- Fernald, James C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Pages
- 112
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blum and Rosen Books
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Ardsley, New York
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...