The Book-Hunter etc. by BURTON, John Hill - 1862

New York: Worthington Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. Reading Copy. Backstirp lacking. Boards soiled. Light foxing to the page edges. Front hinge starting to crack. Inquire if you need further information.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. New Edition. Late 19th century on being a book-hunter, bibliophile, book lover! Boards are both detached, spine covering is absent, flyleaf is fragile and mostly separated from the binding; text itself is in very good condition. 427 pages.

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. First. Fair. John Hill Burton FRSE (1809 - 1881) was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of Life and Correspondence of David Hume, he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854-77), and Historiographer Royal (1867-1881) This copy is fair only in brownish purple cloth with a paper title label on the spine.  Covers are worn, with minor loss at the spine ends.  Ex-library with call number on lower spine and minor stamps and numbering on first few pages.  Paper title label is mostly worn away, so that it's now illegible.  Hinges and text block are cracked, but although the binding is loose it is still holding everything together.  Some age darkening of the text, but no other marks..

New York: Worthington Co., 1887. Boards are lightly scuffed and rubbed, black library tape over spinecover. Front inside hinge weak. Text pages are clean with no markings. . Half-Leather. Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

NY: Worthington Company. Very Good. 1887. Hardcover. Contemporary rebinding by book binder Mort Beck ; Hardcover (1/4 brown leather spine/olive cloth boards), floral endpapers, index. Author's observations on book collecting and literature ; 12mo; xvi + 396 pages .

Cornell University Library, 2009-06-01. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

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