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Phases of my Life
by PIGOU, D.D., Francis
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold, 1900. Reprint of popular edition, WITH AUTHORIAL INSCRIPTION. 8vo, pp. [x], 358. Olive cloth, spine lettered in gilt, double blind ruling to boards. Shabby and mottled: worn, bumped, splits to joints and spine ends. Hinges and spine cracked, shaken, but text block holding, excepting Contents page loose and final gathering ('23', comprising 3 leaves) detached. Pigou's warm dedication in sepia ink to ffep: "John Stonehouse/ from/ a grateful Patient/ the Author/ Francis Pigou�/ Whitby. Dec. 1. 1900", endpapers foxed and browned. Two newspaper clippings featuring Queen Mary laid-in, offsetting to associated pages. Musty, but clean. A poor copy, nevertheless unusual with Pigou's dedication. By 1900, Francis Pigou (1832-1916) � who described himself as a "high-church evangelical" � was Dean of Bristol Cathedral, having served in Chichester, as well as chaplain-in-ordinary to the Queen (1871-89), and across Yorkshire, as Vicar of Doncaster (1869-1875) and Halifax (1875-1888), and Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral (1885-8): apparently, "[h]is vigourous style was much appreciated in Yorkshire." (ODNB). In 1878, Trinity College, Dublin awarded Pigou the honorary degrees of BD and DD. His sermons were characterised "by real unction if not by profound thought," which perhaps accounts for his popularity (ODNB). A second volume of memoirs, Odds and Ends, appeared in 1903.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1933
- Title
- Phases of my Life
- Author
- PIGOU, D.D., Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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