A FATHER'S INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS CHILDREN: CONSISTING OF TALES, FABLES, AND REFLECTIONS; DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE LOVE OF VIRTUE, A TASTE FOR KNOWLEDGE, AND AN EARLY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WORKS OF NATURE (PART THE SECOND)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
DUBLIN: PRINTED FOR CALES JENKIN AND J. BEATTY, 1778 Book. Fair. Leather Bound. Not Stated/assumed First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The front cover is detached and missing. Full leather with six spine compartments. First page is the half-title, which has a heavy crease at the spine edge and a neatly archival taped tear at the top of the spine edge. The cover is rubbed with a chip at the bottom of the spine. Secure text block with scattered foxing and a few pencil marks at the rear endpapers. Hardcover leather book with 221 pages plus a few ads (MISSING FRONT COVER). Scarce in fair condition..
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- Bookseller
- Rose City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111029222
- Title
- A FATHER'S INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS CHILDREN: CONSISTING OF TALES, FABLES, AND REFLECTIONS; DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE LOVE OF VIRTUE, A TASTE FOR KNOWLEDGE, AND AN EARLY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WORKS OF NATURE (PART THE SECOND)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Not Stated/assumed First Edition
- Publisher
- PRINTED FOR CALES JENKIN AND J. BEATTY
- Place of Publication
- DUBLIN
- Date Published
- 1778
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
Terms of Sale
Rose City Books
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About the Seller
Rose City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Portland, Oregon
About Rose City Books
Rose City Books is an independent, antiquarian bookseller and publisher, located in Portland, Oregon (The City of Roses); specializing in rare and hard-to-find books, magazines, and vintage sheet music. Serving a world of literary enthusiasts from the beautiful, Pacific Northwest.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....