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The Maxims of Methuselah. Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age: In Regard to Women
by Gelett Burgess, Frank
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Louis D. Fancher. Binding holding but front hinge is cracked. Pages clean, tanned. Pictorial cloth over boards is tanned, with overall shelf wear and light edgewear. ; Satire by American humorist with art nouveau illustrations. 7.25" tall; 108 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4840070
- Title
- The Maxims of Methuselah. Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age: In Regard to Women
- Author
- Gelett Burgess, Frank
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Louis D. Fancher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- HUMOR, SATIRE, METHUSELAH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Americana;
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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,...
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