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Memoir of John Nasmyth, Minister of Ceres, 1878-1894; With Selections from his Writings arranged and edited by Rev. George Johnston
by Nasmyth, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. vi, 262 p.: tipped-in photographic frontispiece portrait; 19 cm. Half reddish calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and gilt-tooled ornaments in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp at lower edge of verso of blank leaf following front free endpaper: "Bound by. G.S. Smith, Edinr." Purple ribbon bookmark. The Rev. John Nasmyth (1853-1894) was a Scottish minister who spent most of his career in the Parish of ceres, in the Presbytery of Cupar; he also assumed the Chaplaincy of the Fife Light Horse (Fife Mounted Volunteers) in 1884. The contents include The Glendronachy Papers, sketches of Scottish village life that Nasmyth contributed to a local paper. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges and boards are rubbed; clean and solid.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003290
- Title
- Memoir of John Nasmyth, Minister of Ceres, 1878-1894; With Selections from his Writings arranged and edited by Rev. George Johnston
- Author
- Nasmyth, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R. & R. Clark
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; History & Politics; Religion & Philosophy; European History;
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- Gilt
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