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Helps Over Hard Places - Stories for Girls
by Palmer, Lynde
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: American Tract Society , 1862. Blind stamped covers have gilt deco on cover/lettering on spine, yellow endpapers, 221 pgs. Covers are soiled, binding has one hinge almost detached, colored frontis, w/heavily foxed tissue guard & 1st few pages. Chapters inlclude: The Little School-girls story, The Dangerous Door, Sunshine & Tearful, PlaIn Litle Patty, Christies Bell's Stockings, Knocking on the Door orf Heaven, etc.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vintage Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011520
- Title
- Helps Over Hard Places - Stories for Girls
- Author
- Palmer, Lynde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- American Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- NOISBN, RARE, ANTIQUARIAN, MORALITY, SHORT STORIES, FAMILY, FAITH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
The Vintage Bookstore
We will ship anywhere via USPS - extra charges may be requested for oversized parcels.
About the Seller
The Vintage Bookstore
Biblio member since 2008
Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania
About The Vintage Bookstore
We are an internet only seller specializing in used, rare and out of print items. Lots of Children's books, Poetry, Literature and Antiquarian titles in Decorative Bindings.All books are on premises and usually ship, carefully wrapped, within 24 hours.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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