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The Complete Letter-Writer; Or, Lady's Polite Secretary. Containing a variety of Elegant, Interesting and Instructive Letters...Several Original letters of Wit, by Ladies of the First Rank in the Literary World with A Variety of Poetical Letters.... Cards of Compliment...
by A REAL LADY OF FASHION
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
S. Hooper. London. No date (c.1790). S. Hooper. No date, c.1790. Pocket edition, 14 x 9cm. Rebound in 20th century brown calf gilt, marbled boards, original endpapers retained. Engraved frontis. xxiv, 263 pages plus 3 pages publisher's adverts. Lacks 2 pages of "Contents". Pages browned with occasional foxing, Close tear to outer margin of pages 247/248. Ownership names. A very clean and sound copy of a scarce item.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99892
- Title
- The Complete Letter-Writer; Or, Lady's Polite Secretary. Containing a variety of Elegant, Interesting and Instructive Letters...Several Original letters of Wit, by Ladies of the First Rank in the Literary World with A Variety of Poetical Letters.... Cards of Compliment...
- Author
- A REAL LADY OF FASHION
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- S. Hooper. London. No date (c.17
- Keywords
- REFERENCE and BIBLIOGRAPHY letter-writing 18th century 18th century women
- Bookseller catalogs
- REFERENCE and BIBLIOGRAPHY;
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Addyman Books
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
Biblio member since 2006
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- Marbled boards
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...