EDINBURGH : The Golden Age 1769-1832
by Joyce, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 199 pp; color frontispiece from an aquatint by W.L. Leitch; notes; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. The book presents a brilliant picture of the social life and personalities of Edinburgh from 1769 to 1832, a period known as that city's "Golden Age." Some of the men portrayed -- David Hume, Adam Smith, Henry Mackenzie, Robert Burns, Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Raeburn, Sir Walter Scott and others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001087
- Title
- EDINBURGH : The Golden Age 1769-1832
- Author
- Joyce, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Edinburgh History Scotland David Hume
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century; 18th Century; History; Scotland;
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...