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Daughters of America; or, Women of the Century
by Hanaford, Phebe A
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Augusta, Maine: True and Company, 1885. Undated, ca. 1885. Worn attractively bound book. Victorian binding in brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Spine faded but readily legible, light chips to spine ends, other edgewear, hinges good, text block sound, endpapers darkened, some transparent spotting to far outer edges of a few pages and the edge of the text block, pages otherwise age-toned but clean, no names or other markings. Contains illustrated sketches of important women in American history, including: Women of the Revolution; The Wives of the Presidents; Women Leaders in Society; Philanthropic Women; Women During the Civil War; Literary Women; Women Poets; Women Scientists; Women Artists; Women Lecturers; Women Reformers; Women Preachers; Women Missionaries; Women Educators; Women Physicans; Women as Readers, Actors and Singers; Wome in Business; Women of Faith; Women Inventors; Women Lawyers; Women Journalists; Women Printers; Women Librarians; Women Agriculturists; Women Historians; Women Travellers. . Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045868
- Title
- Daughters of America; or, Women of the Century
- Author
- Hanaford, Phebe A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- True and Company
- Place of Publication
- Augusta, Maine
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AMERICAN WOMEN HISTORY BIOGRAPHY WOMENS STUDIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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