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"Homes Without Hands" and Other Antiquarian Nonfiction Books
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | _Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Wild Nature Won by Kindness (Mrs. Brightwen, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction_ (Rev. J. G. Wood, 1909), 1876), The Lady of the Manor: Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Conformation. Intended for the Use of the Middle and Higher Ranks of Young Females (Mrs. Sherwood, Speech on the Motion Made for the Papers Relative to the Directions for Charging the Nabor of Arcot’s Private Debts to the Europeans on the Revenues of the Carnatic, 1827), February 28, 1785. With an Appendix Containing Several Documents (Burke), History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (John William Draper, 1896) |
| Genre | Nature |
| Illustrator | Various |
| Type of Illustration | Engraving |
| Binding | Embossed leather, Three quarter leather with cloth covered boards, Three quarter leather with marbled boards |
| Number of Books | 5 |
| Additional Information | Several volumes feature raised bands to the spines with gilt embellishments, marbled endpapers, marbled text edges and/or gilt top text edges. |
Condition
- cracked hinge; writing to endpapers; wear to leather; bumped corners; rebound edition; presentation edition with bookplate to front endpapers; browning and chipping to pages.
Dimensions
6.5" W x 8.75" H x 6.0" D
- measured as a collection.
Item #
ITMG166088
