Bundling: Its Origins, Progress, and Decline in America
by Stiles, M.D., Henry Reed
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Albany, NY: Knickerbocker Publishing, 1871 Albany: Knickerbocker Publishing, 1871. Early edition. First published 1869. A study of the curious practice in early America of courting couples and other unrelated persons sharing a bed, often while fully clothed and suitably ‘bundled’ against impropriety. A well-researched account of that "ridiculous and pernicious" custom and its antecedents in Europe and elsewhere. 12mo hardcover. 138 pp., index. Bound in textured blue cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped border ruling. Moderate wear and soil, but VG otherwise. Sound binding and hinges.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000323
- Title
- Bundling: Its Origins, Progress, and Decline in America
- Author
- Stiles, M.D., Henry Reed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Knickerbocker Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Albany, NY
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...