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The Spinster Book
by Reed, Myrtle
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. A delightful vintage book on relationships, with chapters on Men, Women, Love, Courtship, Proposals, Love Letters, Marriage, Vanity, Widowers and Widows, and Spinsterhood, 222 pages. Green patterned boards with bright gilt are gently bumped with light rubbing at the corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked but still pretty solid. On the front pastedown is a bookplate and a small card, partially removed, indicating a gift of the book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230327
- Title
- The Spinster Book
- Author
- Reed, Myrtle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- Self Help;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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