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QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY
by (WOMEN). ELLET, MRS. [ELIZABETH F.]
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1867. FIRST EDITION. 225 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). 1 p.l. (title), 464 pp.
Publisher's full brown morocco, covers with elaborate gilt titling within attractive gilt frame, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. With frontispiece and 13 steel-engraved portraits of prominent American women. ◆A hint of shelf wear (including a little of rubbing to bottom edges), a few instances of faint thumbing and the odd negligible marginal stain, but A FINE COPY INSIDE AND OUT.
Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1818-77) was the first writer to document seriously the contribution of women in the American Revolution. Her interest in women's work and the domestic arts also led her to write important accounts of women artists, pioneers, and, in the present book, of members of the upper echelon of American society from colonial times to the 1860's..
Publisher's full brown morocco, covers with elaborate gilt titling within attractive gilt frame, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. With frontispiece and 13 steel-engraved portraits of prominent American women. ◆A hint of shelf wear (including a little of rubbing to bottom edges), a few instances of faint thumbing and the odd negligible marginal stain, but A FINE COPY INSIDE AND OUT.
Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1818-77) was the first writer to document seriously the contribution of women in the American Revolution. Her interest in women's work and the domestic arts also led her to write important accounts of women artists, pioneers, and, in the present book, of members of the upper echelon of American society from colonial times to the 1860's..
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- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST15167
- Title
- QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY
- Author
- (WOMEN). ELLET, MRS. [ELIZABETH F.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
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About the Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
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