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1913 Don'ts for Wives
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Description
First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
The scarce first edition of Don'ts for Wives, an amusing little book advising how wives should behave, written by Blanche Ebbutt. Published by Gay and Hancock in 1913. Only three copies are held institutionally of this first edition in the UK.
In the publisher's original red cloth.
Ebbutt uses her wit to deliver humorous advice for wives aiming for a happy marriage, from not posing as a helpless creature, to not disallowing a husband to smoke in the drawing room. Not writing this book as a one-way street, Ebbutt also wrote Dont's for Husbands, and was believed to be the author of the earlier Dont's for Mothers.
Condition
In the publisher's original red cloth. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Sight edgewear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean, with the odd faint spot to front end papers and minor offsetting to rear end papers. Internally, firmly bound, with slight wear to hinges between half-title and title leaf, as well as leaves pp.26-27, and pp.58-59. Pages are bright and clean, with the small faint spot to the extremities of the rare leaf.
Very Good
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