The Dance of Life, an Answer to the "Dance of Death"
by Bowers, Mrs. Dr. J. Milton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco News Company, 1877. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Mauve cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and black decorations to front board; stamped decorations to back board; no jacket; 132 pages; 1877 only dates on title and copyright pages. Good plus condition: spine faded; slight fading to edges of boards; a little staining to boards; small hole in cloth on spine; straight; hinges strong; interior very nice. Seems to be a defense of dance, dancing, and dancers..
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113895
- Title
- The Dance of Life, an Answer to the "Dance of Death"
- Author
- Bowers, Mrs. Dr. J. Milton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- San Francisco News Company
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- a defence defense of dance and dancing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music / Dance;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
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Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.