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The Autobiography of A Woman Alone
by Anonymous
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket . First Edition, First Printing of this very scarce book. Published September, 1911, with (1) on last text page. This is also a decorated American trade binding; Very clean green cloth boards wqith blind-stamped botanical decoration and crisp unchipped white lettering on cover; white lettering on spine has some chipping (still clearly legible) as well as blind-stamped decoration. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. No fraying to cloth boards, but a little light surface wear to corners, slight bump to front board fore-edge and one corner tip. Previous owner name beautifully penned near top edge of front fixed endpaper. Half-title page has a torn away lower right corner (no missing print). All pages and edges are clean and bright. 377 pages. "This book is not a novel, but a record of the actual experiences of the woman who is the narrator." The experiences of a New York woman living life big and on her own near the turn of the 20th century..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029968
- Title
- The Autobiography of A Woman Alone
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, WOMEN, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, FIRST EDITION, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Spine
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