GEORGE DOUGLAS EIGHTH DUKE OF ARGYLL KG, KT (1823 - 1900): Autobiography and Memoirs, Volume II
by Dowager Duchess of Argyle (Editor)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray. Fair. 1906. Hardcover. PLEASE NOTE - VOLUME II ONLY: An about good 1902 presumed 1st edition hardcover without dustwrapper in blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and armorial device to both front board and spine, all edges rubbed, the corners are bumped/rubbed, the spine is very rubbed/bumped with a 2" fray at the back gutter but remains secure, internally very good without writing or stamps, lightly tanned pages with rough-cut edges. Not beautiful but a tight, useful reference copy. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .
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- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17215
- Title
- GEORGE DOUGLAS EIGHTH DUKE OF ARGYLL KG, KT (1823 - 1900): Autobiography and Memoirs, Volume II
- Author
- Dowager Duchess of Argyle (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1906
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- Device
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- Fair
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Tight
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
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