Entertaining Biography. From Chambers's Repository. EDINBURGH : 1855
by W. & R. Chambers [ Oberlin; Columbus; Madame Roland; Peter the Great; Rob Roy; John Howard; Clan MacGregor, Walter Scott, James Watt, Alexander Murray; Isaac Newton and others. ]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers , 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Engraved Portraits. FIRST EDITION. EDINBURGH : 1855. Individual biographies with vignette engraved portraits to each part; individually numbered; Oberlin; Columbus; Madame Roland; Peter the Great; Rob Roy; John Howard; Clan MacGregor, Walter Scott, James Watt, Alexander Murray; Isaac Newton and others. Original red textured cloth; gilt lettered and decorated spine. Blind-stamped decorative cover with gilt decorative motif. Original yellow end-papers. All edges gilt. Bright, tight and clean. Neat contemporary owner name; no internal markings. Minor use only. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 054970
- Title
- Entertaining Biography. From Chambers's Repository. EDINBURGH : 1855
- Author
- W. & R. Chambers [ Oberlin; Columbus; Madame Roland; Peter the Great; Rob Roy; John Howard; Clan MacGregor, Walter Scott, James Watt, Alexander Murray; Isaac Newton and others. ]
- Illustrator
- Engraved Portraits
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. & R. Chambers
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Rosley Books
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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