Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh
by Mackintosh, James
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1853. From the Second London Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Early American edition of biography of the famous Scottish philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Sir James Mackintosh. Book covers Mackintosh's early years in Scotland, his education at the University of Edinburgh, and his roles as a lawyer, politician, and social reformer in late 18th and early 19th century Britain. Complete in two volumes. Tall octavo (23.5 cm tall). In brown cloth. From private collection. Binding is a little faded along spine. Cloth starting to fray along crown of spine of first volume. Names of previous owners printed on endpapers.
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- Bookseller
- Black Paw Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8811
- Title
- Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh
- Author
- Mackintosh, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- From the Second London Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1853
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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