The Curb of Honor
by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Anglo-American Publishing Company, 1893. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. Olive brown silk binding with attractive decorative design and lettering in gilt. 320 pp., 8 pp. advertising. Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836-1919) wrote dozens of novels, children's books and books about France. After her father's death in 1864 she moved to London and became a prominent member of the London literary world; her friends included George Eliot, Coventry Patmore, and Sarah Grand. She received honors and awards from both the British and French governments. Contemporary ownership signature on half-title; lacking ffep; rear endpapers rubbed, boards skewed. Good condition. Very scarce..
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004663
- Title
- The Curb of Honor
- Author
- Betham-Edwards, Matilda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Anglo-American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- GEORGE ELIOT COVENTRY PATMORE SARAH GRAND LONDON LITERARY WORLD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies;
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- 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...
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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