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Valley of Baga: A Record of Suffering and Triumph
by Smith, Jennie
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Jennings & Pye, 1876. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 288 pages, illustrated with black and white frontispiece portrait and facsimile signature of author. The story of a girl who held on to her Christian faith despite illness and suffering and later became healed and an evangelist. Handsome bright red binding with black imprint of flower bouquet on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Matches book self-printed in 1920. Leading edge of front cover spotted and faded, wrinkling of front cover at bottom, leading edge of back cover spotted, very light edge wear to cover, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages tanning a little, mostly at edges, binding tight.
Measures 5 x 7 inches
Measures 5 x 7 inches
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00926
- Title
- Valley of Baga:
- Author
- Smith, Jennie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Probable First Edition
- Publisher
- Jennings & Pye
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- religion, evangelism, Methodist, biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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