'Christopher North' A Memoir of John Wilson
by Gordon, Mrs
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W.J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1875. Deep red cloth with spine lettered in gold. Compiled from family papers and other sources, with an introduction by R. Shelton Mackenzie. Complete in one volume. Illustrated with frontispiece and 8 plates. The subject, John Wilson, had been Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Some fraying to spine ends, else a tight, clean copy of this biography. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002976
- Title
- 'Christopher North' A Memoir of John Wilson
- Author
- Gordon, Mrs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- W.J. Widdleton, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1875
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography; Alibris4;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Reprint
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...