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What Can a Woman Do: Or, Her Position in the Business and Literary World
by Martha Louise Rayne
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Unjacketed
- Seller
-
Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
ca 1893 hardcover as pictured. A nicely done volume discussing skilled occupations open to women at the turn of the last century by noted journalist Martha Woodworth Raynes. Also includes many illustrations and selections of prose and poetry by women authors. Binding is intact. Maroon cloth boards with black and gold stamping are rubbed and soiled with light edge wear. Decorative endpapers with tape reinforced hinges. Front hinge is lightly cracked. Head and tail bands. Edges of text block marbled. Text is lightly tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3008
- Title
- What Can a Woman Do
- Author
- Martha Louise Rayne
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eagle Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Petersburgh
- Date Published
- ca 1893
- Pages
- 528 plus a 24 p illustrated poem at rear
- Size
- 6x8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Women's Studies, Feminism, Journalism, Sexism, Paternalism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies; Feminism; Journalism;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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