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The Concise Scots Dictionary (Leather Binding); (SIGNED)
by Robinson, Mairi; Iseabail Macleod (Senior Eidtor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0080324479
- ISBN 13
- 9780080324470
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Aberdeen University Press, 1985. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Royal octavo. 819, [1] pages. Hardcover bound in full blue leather. Minimal wear to the binding; the spine is a little sunned or faded. There is some black spotting on the fore edge and on the top edge of the text block. The text is sound and clean. SIGNED on the verso of the front flyleaf by the editor Mairi Robinson, senior editor Iseabail Macleod, and by the Secretary / Treasurer of the CSD, J. W. Mort. Text is unmarked. Housed in a blue slipcase which is a little bumped at the corners but which is sound with no splitting edges. (No dust jacket; the "Very Good" jacket designation is for the slipcase).
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044834
- Title
- The Concise Scots Dictionary (Leather Binding); (SIGNED)
- Author
- Robinson, Mairi; Iseabail Macleod (Senior Eidtor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0080324479
- ISBN 13
- 9780080324470
- Publisher
- Aberdeen University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 1985; Mairi Robinson; Iseabail Macleod; J. W. Mort; Scots Dictionary; Scottish; Language; Languages; Scotland; Slipcase; Leather Binding.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Languages;
- X weight
- 3.1 lb
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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