London: Frederick Warne and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback has ornate gilt and black to front cover and spine. Contains frontis with tissue guard as well as other black and white illustrations. Publishers' Preface states: "The Parents' Assistant" has for so long a time received the deserved approbation of those engaged in training young people, that the Publishers feel assured it will, in this cheap edition, prove still more acceptable to those employed in such work." Edges dust dulled. Hinges weak but holding and very slightly cocked. Binding lightly worn at spine edges and corners. Digital photos available. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 620 pages .

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Bookseller: The Book Lady (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2426
Title: Maria Edgeworth's Parents' Assistant
Author: Valentine, Mrs. , editor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Company
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Child Rearing, Victorian Lifestyles, Non-fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Non-fiction;

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...