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Blue-Stocking Hall (3-Volume Set)
by Scargill, William Pitt (?)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good/Homemade Jackets
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1827 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. 3/4 Leather on Leather Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full, 3-volume set in 3/4 brown leather on leather boards. Leather spine labels in gilt. Miramichi Lodge 18 Library bookplate in each. Hinges scarcely cracked, but not separated. Last free endpaper of volume 2 missing a corner. Shelf wear. Actual author is believed to be Anna Marie Chetwood (1774-1870), daughter of a local minister, Rev. John Chetwood, resident of Cheltenham, Glanmire in County Cork. Title derives from the then current drive by educated women to advance to broader leadership roles in society. 320, 328, and 258 pp., respectively. Vol. 3 contains Errata page and 4-page catalog. Please allow for a small amount of extra postage. This set is on consignment, so our regular discount to booksellers does not apply..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012647
- Title
- Blue-Stocking Hall (3-Volume Set)
- Author
- Scargill, William Pitt (?)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Homemade Jackets
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NOISBN Fiction. Women. Leadership.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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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