OSSIAN AND THE CLYDE : FINGAL IN IRELAND, OSCAR IN IRELAND, OR, OSSIAN HISTORICAL AND AUTHENTIC
by Waddell, Peter Hately, 1854-1922
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Glasgow: James Maclehose, Publisher to the University, 1875. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, mitred edges, tattered spine caps and corners, slight puckering to cloth on rear, creased bump to rear bottom fore corner, tears to rear hinge, shelfwear; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, cracked hinges front and rear, spotting to endpapers, else clean and tight; 360, lxv pages, illustrated (b&w). 1351196. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1351196
- Title
- OSSIAN AND THE CLYDE : FINGAL IN IRELAND, OSCAR IN IRELAND, OR, OSSIAN HISTORICAL AND AUTHENTIC
- Author
- Waddell, Peter Hately, 1854-1922
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Maclehose, Publisher to the University
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1875
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Rockville, Maryland
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