London: Isbister & Co.. Decorative cloth, gilt. 59pp. b/w frontis. portrait photo of the author has some staining to upper margin. Spine and covers bumped, worn and grubby. W.H. Smith's Library label to front paste-down. Endpapers and half-title heavily foxed. Front joint cracked. Stains to upper margins of last three pages; contents a little toned; several hinges cracked, no loose pages. Scarce. . Fair. Hardcover. 1904.

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Bookseller: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 110316
Title: My Key of Life Optimism: An Essay
Author: Keller, Helen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Isbister & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1904
Pages: 59
Size: 195mm x 125mm.
Keywords: essays optimism Keller unit seven c

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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,...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....