Life and Its Purposes, illustrated in the life of Mary Lyon and Others: a book for young Ladies
by Anon
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 6 3/4" X 4 1/2. circa 1860's. A Victorian young lady's guide to a Christian life. 199 pp. All edges gilt, panels have bevelled edges, gilt text/decorations. Book is shaken with loose pp., gift dedication ffep with date. Brockville book store sticker on front pastedown. No edition stated. An interesting reading copy ! Bookseller's Inventory # 215677.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005677
- Title
- Life and Its Purposes, illustrated in the life of Mary Lyon and Others: a book for young Ladies
- Author
- Anon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Publisher
- Gall & Inglis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Size
- 6 3/4" X 4 1/2
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...