Marriage As It Is And As It Should Be
by Bayley, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
M. W. Dodd, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. This is the original 1857 First Edition. 12mo. 175pp. + 5 pages of ads at the back; engraved frontispiece. Original black cloth with gilt decorated spine and decorated boards. Cloth is worn at the top and bottom of the spine and corners; foxing throughout, frontise tanned. Contemporary inscription on the ffep: Ann Lapper / High Street / Newcastle-Under-Lyme / A Christmas gift from her / devoted / Brother John / 1857. 'Encouraged by the favor with which the public have received a previous work on another subject, and with a grateful sense of the kindness of his friends, the author offers this humble contribution to the religious literature of the day, in the hope that it may be acceptable to the friends of morality and religion, and with a fervent prayer that it may be attended by the blessing of heaven in every family where it may find a kindly reception.', 'Scarce. This book has caused more marriages than any other similar work.'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 633588
- Title
- Marriage As It Is And As It Should Be
- Author
- Bayley, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- M. W. Dodd
- Date Published
- 1857
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- Frontise
- A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
- Gilt
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- Acceptable
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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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...
- 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....