New York: Carleton, 1867. Hardcover. Fair-/None. Blue cloth boards, with gilt titling and decoration on spine, blindstamped border on front. Quite edgeworn, top front hinge starting, toned spine, and soiled. Moderately foxed. Front end papers marked with three owners' names and a booksellers/stationer's blindstamp; owner's name on first page of chapter 1. Hinge cracked at pg. 165. Binding is shaky. 12mo. BOOK INFO: Holmes wrote 39 novels with total sales of more than 2 million. (Source: the Nation, via muse.jhu.edu/journals/legacy/v025/25.1.yarington.html). Her fiction addressed social issues including gender equality.

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Bookseller: Quadrant Book Mart (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8028
Title: Marian Grey; or, The Heiress of Redstone Hall
Author: Holmes, Mary J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair-/None
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Carleton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1867
Pages: 400

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The Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee House stocks more than 50,000 carefully-chosen collectible, rare and out-of-print volumes—as well as reading copies—for a broad range of reader interests, including art, architecture, modern firsts, literary criticism, and regional, American and world history. For more than 20 years, proprietors Andris Danielsons and Joanne Moranville have prided themselves on offering titles that are fairly priced and meticulously evaluated for condition. Our brick-and-mortar location stands at the heart of the arts and cultural community of historic downtown Easton, Pa., where we welcome neighbors and new friends to peruse the stacks of books shelved in two stories and lining the dining room of our top-rated coffee house.

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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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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,...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...