The Gold-Headed Cane: containing the original illustrations of the 1828 edition and hitherto unpublished portraits of the Macmichael family and a reproduction of William Macmichael's handwriting
by Macmichael, William (1784-1839). Robinson, Herbert Spencer [ed.]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Froben Press, Inc., 1932. Association copy. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham medical Institute with its bookplate and library marks. Physical description; 223 pages. Subjects; William Macmichael. The Macmichael family. Medico-literary classics. Genre; Prose narrative.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 248263
- Title
- The Gold-Headed Cane: containing the original illustrations of the 1828 edition and hitherto unpublished portraits of the Macmichael family and a reproduction of William Macmichael's handwriting
- Author
- Macmichael, William (1784-1839). Robinson, Herbert Spencer [ed.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Association copy
- Publisher
- New York: Froben Press, Inc.
- Date Published
- 1932
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