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LESSONS FROM THE GREAT BIOGRAPHY
by Hamilton, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet and Co, 1857. First British Edition. A discourse on the life and miracles of Christ, a later work by James Hamilton (1814-1867), a minister of Scottish extraction. We find no copies of the First Edition in the trade (2013); OCLC locates 11 copies of this edition, with only 4 held in American institutions. Octavo; full tan calf with maroon leather title label, five raised bands, with star and wheat motif stamped in gilt to center compartments; all edges stained in matching tan; 319pp, [1] ad. Light rubbing to extremities, with minor board exposure to two corners; minor spotting to panels, with some faint foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves, else fresh and clean throughout; hinges sound and firm, with the spine gilt still quite bright; Very Good to Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1500
- Title
- LESSONS FROM THE GREAT BIOGRAPHY
- Author
- Hamilton, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- NOAMZ
Terms of Sale
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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