The General Register of Politics and Literature in Europe and America, for the Year 1827. Preceded By a Memoir of the Right Honourable George Canning. [Constable's Miscellany; The General Register for 1827, Vol. XXII]
The General Register of Politics and Literature in Europe and America, for the Year 1827. Preceded By a Memoir of the Right Honourable George Canning. [Constable's Miscellany; The General Register for 1827, Vol. XXII]
by [George Canning]
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Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1828. First printing. Hardcover. Good or better. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Small uniform format hardcover, thin boards, full green cloth. Edges softened, spine faded to brown; paper label present, discolored but still readable. No ffep, first page is an advertisement (for by book on the life of John Burns). Half title page; title page with illustrated engraving, ocean scene with castle in background. A second title page is present with differences, without an illustration, there is no frontipiece if called for. Binding is very sound, tight. Interior is unmarked. Some light foxing to a few pages; also, some heaving foxing to a few pages; but most pages are bright and clean. Fore- and bottom edges of text block were neatly opened with deckled edges present. 335 pp.
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- The General Register of Politics and Literature in Europe and America, for the Year 1827. Preceded By a Memoir of the Right Honourable George Canning. [Constable's Miscellany; The General Register for 1827, Vol. XXII]
- Author
- [George Canning]
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Good or better
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- 1
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- First printing
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- Constable & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1828
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