The Queens of Society: Volumes 1 and 2
by Wharton, Grace; Wharton, Philip
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
J. W. Jarvis & Son, 1890. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jackets. 1890 J. W. Jarvis & Son, London. New edition with a preface by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Two volumes, complete. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers have red cloth-covered boards with paper spine labels. Deckle edges. Sepia frontispiece illustration. Sepia and blue monochrome plates; illustrations by C. A. Doyle. Bindings generally intact but loosening, with partial cracking at the frontispiece of volume 1 and a few page groups partially detached from the sewing in volume 2. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers lightly soiled. Spine labels are darkened and title lettering has faded. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. NO highlighting or other markings. A few pages have light handling smudges. 288 + 287 pages. No dust jackets. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9516
- Title
- The Queens of Society: Volumes 1 and 2
- Author
- Wharton, Grace; Wharton, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- J. W. Jarvis & Son
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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- Jacket
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