My Schools and Schoolmasters

Boston, MA: Gould and Lincoln, 1854. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brown cloth boards, blind stamped and gilt text to spine. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps/wear along with some spotting. Spine is chipping at top and bottom in cloth is cracked… Read more about this item

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1859. Hardbound. Good. First edition. Hardbound duodecimo; 537 pp. Good copy shows soil and wear; bumping, rubbing, and chipping of edges, corners, with some loss spine head and foot; spine slightly rolled; hinges okay; strong and tight; mostly clean, unmarked text has few stray fingerprints.

Thomas Constable and Co, 1859. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are slightly shelf rubbed and have some minor marks. It appears as if the spine has been repaired. The pages have somewhat darkened, but the text is still crisp and legible. Internally clean and tightly bound. The pages are deckle edged. Internally clean and tightly bound. Complete with… Read more about this item

Boston, ET AL: Gould & Lincoln, Et Al. Very Good. 1865. Hardcover. Owner name on endpaper. .

Edinburgh: Black and White Publishing. 1993 Black and White Publishing edition paperback; Very Good, gift note on fep; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Paperback. 1993.

Edinburgh : W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Good to very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 562 pages : illustrations (portrait) ; 20 cm. Subject: Miller, Hugh - 1802-1856.

Edinburgh : Thomas Constable and Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Hinges slightly loose. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xi, 562 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Geologists Scotland Biography. Education Scotland History 19th century. Education Addresses, essays, lectures.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, GB: W P Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. H/B 558 pages, condition is Very good. A prize label to the reverse of the front cover.

W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1893. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. boards are rubbed, knocked and edge worn. tanning, soiling and marks. ownership inscription. poor copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

adam and charles black edinburgh 1865. [first edition] 562pp+32pp catalogue VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

Paperback. Good.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1893. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. EDINBURGH : 1893. Hardback. Double-column text. Contemporary black calf-leather spine & corners. Black textured cloth sides; gilt lettered spine and raised bands. All edges marbled. Neat owner bookplate; no internal markings. Tight and clean internally. Minor wear. VERY GOOD. (vii), 272 pages. **Will be well-packed… Read more about this item

Gould and Lincoln, 1854. 1st US Edition . Hardcover. Good. Good Internally very good, clean and firm, extremely fair with spine nearly loose, and edge chipping to spine. null

W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell 1889 hardbackbeautifully reboune in blue cloth with silver titles to spine, 562 pages with frontispiece of H Miller, 2 names/dates 1889 and 1904 to fep Otherwise covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the… Read more about this item

Later U.K. edition. ( 1st was 1854.) Presumed 1st thus. Good for age but rather loose and with some spotting, particularly to first and last pages and page edges in somewhat bumped and marked boards with wear to spine. No dustjacket presumably as issued. Remains of prize label inside front board.

Paperback. Very Good.

Black and White Publishing. 1993 Black and White Publishing paperback; very good, just owner's details and note on fep; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1993.

W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. Good+. 1893. Hardcover. A good 1883 hardcover without dustwrapper in decorative blue cloth-covered boards bumped/rubbed to the spine ends/corners, faded spine, no writing or stamps, ivory pages soiled to the upper text-block edge. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

Paperback. New. A memoir of the schooldays of one of the most extraordinary minds Scotland has produced, Hugh Miller. He rose from a modest background to become both a specialist in the field of geology and a generalist in the wider literary world, admired by Carlyle, Dickens and Ruskin.

(Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo, Hay, Mitchell, rpt, 1889). Hardback. Some rubbing to edges and corners, and soiling to page edges, otherwise a good copy. xi + 562pp.