THE OLD BREWERY, AND THE NEW MISSION HOUSE; At the Five Points
by LADIES OF THE MISSION
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. 304. Illustrated with several lengravings. Bound in drab green cloth, blind-stamped, with a picture in gilt. Cover and spine somewhat worn, but o/w a good tight copy. Accounts of missionary work in a New York slum.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59159
- Title
- THE OLD BREWERY, AND THE NEW MISSION HOUSE; At the Five Points
- Author
- LADIES OF THE MISSION
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stringer & Townsend
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- fem
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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- First Edition
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- O/W
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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