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The National Encyclopædia of Business and Social Forms, Embracing the Laws of Etiquette and Good Society
by McCABE, James D. [Dabney]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: National Publishing Co, 1884. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good-. Stout 8vo. Pp. 872. Frontis. engravings with tissue guard. Illustrations in the text and plates with tissue guards. With three-color presentation page (blanks unfilled) and index. Tan cloth, titles and elaborate decorations stamped in red, black and gilt on the front and spine, in blind on the back, decorated endpapers, edges gilt. Cover edges rubbed, light scuffs and stains. Tissue guards lightly foxed, leaves otherwise unmarked and binding solid. With chapters on writing well, book-keeping, legal forms, historical statistics, parliamentary law, the language of flowers, writing poetry, home amusements, remedies, etc. A remarkably well-preserved copy of a handsome Gilded Age home reference.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6452
- Title
- The National Encyclopædia of Business and Social Forms, Embracing the Laws of Etiquette and Good Society
- Author
- McCABE, James D. [Dabney]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Publisher
- National Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1884
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- Language;
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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