Letters to a Wife
by Newton, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: William Young, 1797. No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo (7"x4"). 336pp.+31pp. Full leather with black/gilt spine label. Surface of spine cracking, endcaps worn away. Head joints cracked 3". Rubbed covers and corners, esp. tail corners, with board exposed. Interior heavily toned and foxed. Pencil marks to first preface (no other marks). Several page corners creased, closed crack to interior leaf p.120. Binding sound. Scarce. Early abolitionist work. Contains: First Voyage to Africa, Second Voyage to Africa, Third Voyage to Africa, While Resident at Liverpool, While Resident at Olney, While Resident at London, Ebenezer: A Memorial and A Monument to the Praise of the Lord's Goodness, and to the Memory of Dear Eliza Cunningham.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3983
- Title
- Letters to a Wife
- Author
- Newton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No additional printings listed
- Publisher
- William Young
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1797
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...