A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen in Four Volumes with a Supplemental Volume Continuing the Biographies to the Present Time by Rev. Thos. Thomson. (Bound in Nine Half-Volumes) Originally Edited by Robert Chambers. New Edition
by Robert Chambers; Thos Thomson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1854. New Edition. Hardcover. All nine books have university library markings but were only reference books, not circulating; In brown cloth blindstamped and stamped with elaborate gilt decoration of the Crests of the Scottish University. To front (bright) and spine (somewhat faded) ; Some cracked hinges, but textblocks are tight and square with any foxing restricted to small patches to the front preliminaries, among the plates. Some spine edges have short splits, but cloth is generally very good. Unmarked text is remarkably bright and crisp with some volumes having uncut pages. Complete, including supplement of 1855. Several engraved portraits in each volume. .
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- Bookseller
- B-Line Books
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- 35047
- Title
- A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen in Four Volumes with a Supplemental Volume Continuing the Biographies to the Present Time by Rev. Thos. Thomson. (Bound in Nine Half-Volumes) Originally Edited by Robert Chambers. New Edition
- Author
- Robert Chambers; Thos Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow, Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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B-Line Books
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Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
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