The Young Man's Handbook of Etiquette
by Sinclair, Thomas S
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1840. Undated, ca. 1840s. Very worn. light brown cloth lettered in gilt, 224 pages, about 5.25 inches tall. Text block effectively detached from covers (covers and spine covering well attached to one another), covers spotted, old damage from moisture exposure to the covers (no damp odor or visible mildew), some very faint old transparent stains to some pages, free endpapers removed (text begins with title page), text block shaken but hanging together, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040246
- Title
- The Young Man's Handbook of Etiquette
- Author
- Sinclair, Thomas S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Lindsay and Blakiston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 24mo - 5" - 5¾"
- Keywords
- BEHAVIOR 19TH CENTURY MEN BOYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Reference, Language;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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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.
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- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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
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