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Records of a Girlhood
by KEMBLE, Frances Ann
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt, 1879. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm). Blue cloth stamped in gilt and white; chocolate brown coated endpapers; [vi],605,[5]pp; one leaf of ads at front; engraved frontispiece. Bookplate of Anna M. Fisher; 1879 gift inscription to front flyleaf. Lightly rubbed and spine lightly dulled, but overall a fresh, appealing copy: Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59924
- Title
- Records of a Girlhood
- Author
- KEMBLE, Frances Ann
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Fanny Kemble
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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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...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...