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Work: A Story of Experience
by Alcott, Louisa M [May]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1898. Title page dated 1898. Worn but sound copy in golden tan cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and dark red, 443 pages. Covers a bit worn at the edges, hinges good but with some separation at the title page with the preliminary blank partly detached, text block sound with a small section of pages protruding slightly from the text block with wear to the edges, but all pages well attached, pages a little age-toned but clean, personal bookplate of Sally Irving Sherburne inside front cover, gift notation dated 1900 in pencil on preliminary blank, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039967
- Title
- Work: A Story of Experience
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa M [May]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- AMERICAN FEMALE WOMEN AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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