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The Life of Robert Burns.: Edited with notes and Appendices by William Scott Douglas and an essays on Robert Burns by Sir Walter Raleigh.
by LOCKHART, John Gibson
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons, Limited,, 1914. Limited edition, number 310 of 500 copies for sale and 20 for presentation signed by the publisher. Lockhart (1794-1854) first published his biography in 1828 as a volume in Constable's Miscellany. This edition features a new essay on Burns by the scholar Sir Walter Raleigh (1861-1922). Two volumes, octavo (217 x 137 mm). Late 20th-century blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Asprey, spine with raised bands, compartments lettered in gilt, turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Frontispieces and 29 plates with captioned tissue guards. A couple of scratches to leather, spots of foxing and toning to a few outer leaves, else clean. A near-fine set.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170028
- Title
- The Life of Robert Burns.
- Author
- LOCKHART, John Gibson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons, Limited,
- Date Published
- 1914
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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