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The English Gentleman : His Principles, His Feelings, His Manners, His Pursuits
by Thomas Kirke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (+)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Bell, 1849. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with minimal tanning. Full leather boards with fine embossing and some surface rubbing, slightly darkened towards the fore edge. Intact gilt lettering to spine with raised bands and embossed repeating motif. All page edges gilt with spectacularly beautiful intricate design to the gilt. Attached silk bookmark ribbon. 152pp. These essays on morals and philosophy described as inherent and desirable in the English Gentleman were written by the author for his two younger brothers and subsequently published in early editions of the Theologian. The work is described as an 1849 re-print and is probably the closest in existence to the real first edition. Extremely scarce.. Leather. Very Good (+)/No Jacket. 6.5 x 4.25 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020605
- Title
- The English Gentleman : His Principles, His Feelings, His Manners, His Pursuits
- Author
- Thomas Kirke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (+)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- George Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- Morals, Religion, Style, Activities, Thoughts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
- Size
- 6.5 x 4.25 inches
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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