Zoe by the author of Miss Toosey's Mission, Laddie, Tip-Cat, Our Little Ann, Pen, and Lil
by Whitaker, Evelyn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Written by English author Evelyn Whitaker (1844-1929), all of whose works were published anonymously during her lifetime. 181, [11] p.; 17 cm. Yellow cloth with black-stamped spine and cover title and decoration. Publisher's advertisement for other works by the author on half title verso. Ten pages of illustrated publisher's advertisements for children's books follow text. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School, Elizabethtown, Pa. In Good Condition: cloth is soiled; ends of spine frayed; slightly cocked; front board slightly creased; lacking both free endpapers; a few page corners creased; minimal internal soiling; tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003967
- Title
- Zoe by the author of Miss Toosey's Mission, Laddie, Tip-Cat, Our Little Ann, Pen, and Lil
- Author
- Whitaker, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Women Writers;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...