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Loss and Gain, or Margaret's Home
by Haven, Alice B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: D.Appleton & Company, 1860 Hard cover, 8vo, (3 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches) in brown pebbled cloth blind- stamped border design to both boards, the titles in gilt to the spine, along with a cross device in gold and silver, 315 pp., frontispiece, plus 8 page publisher's catalogue of juvenile titles, First Edition. Jaunty plaid endpapers. Condition: Very Good plus. Spine lightly sunned, as is a small corner of the cover. Corners are very lightly bumped but the book is in enviable physical condition. ** A coming-of-age novel by New York Author Alice Bradley Neal (1828 - 1863), a writer of popular fiction and juvenile titles. She was first married to the editor of the outfit which published her first work, The Philadelphia Gazette's Joseph C. Neal. After his early demise, she stepped in to fill that role while also submitting her own work to other publications. Appleton printed a number of her works, (Wright, 1978, p. 153). ** The novel is set in Philadelphia and concerns the travails of a beleaguered step-daughter and her sister, forced into virtual servitude in the care of a host of half-siblings. This is one of the author's later titles, and scarce. OCLC 7649890. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8197
- Title
- Loss and Gain, or Margaret's Home
- Author
- Haven, Alice B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D.Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1860
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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