Three Girls in a Flat
by Yandell, Enid; Loughborough, Jean; Hayes, Laura
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Knight, Leonard & Co, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bound in blue and white cloth with gilt stamped titles, 8vo, 154,[2] pages, profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs; boards dust soiled with faint foxing and light tide marks at bottom corners, small pink stain at bottom front corner, spine heavily toned, hinges professionally reinforced, internally clean and sound. Semi-autobiographical novel about three women sharing a flat in Chicago during the time leading up to the Chicago World's Fair. The story is based around the real life work of Enid Yandell, a sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin, and who contributed several notable works to the Columbian Exposition. She is "Duke" in the novel, which tells of her work as a sculptor on the Fairgrounds and the life of young women in Chicago as the White City was being built.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001705
- Title
- Three Girls in a Flat
- Author
- Yandell, Enid; Loughborough, Jean; Hayes, Laura
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Knight, Leonard & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION FEMALE SCULPTOR SCULPTURE ARTIST WHITE CITY
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
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Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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