Crusades and Crinolines: The LIfe and Times of Ellen Curtis Demorest and William Jennings Demorest
by Ross, Ishbel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild shelf wear, appears to be missing half title page, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG-: age toning/wear, rubbing, NOT clipped ($6.00)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row, 1963. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear, appears to be missing half title page, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG-: age toning/wear, rubbing, NOT clipped ($6.00). 8vo 290pp. stated first edition. from front flap: "Through the careers of a remarkable nineteenth-century husband-and-wife team, a distinguished biographer and social historian re-creates New York City from Civil War days to the Golden Nineties--the social and political events, the business life, the vice and scandals of a vibrant, expanding city." #01792.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1730
- Title
- Crusades and Crinolines
- Author
- Ross, Ishbel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild shelf wear, appears to be missing half title page, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG-: age toning/wear, rubbing, NOT clipped ($6.00)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- New York City, history, civil war, golden nineties, 1890s, reform, temperance, fashion, nonfiction, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.