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JAMES CURRIE THE ENTIRE STRANGER AND ROBERT BURNS
by R.D.THORNTON , Professor of English
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD, 1963 Dark Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. xvi 460 pp. 20 illustrations on 17 glossy plates as called for First Edition 1963.Literary biography of Burns' first Editor by American Professor of English - Robert Donald Thornton. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- negligible shelf wear / soiling, No previous owner name or insc. Minor dust spotting to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- mild colour rubbing, 2 liquid splash stains 2x3 cm approx to rear panel else no notable shelf soiling, price clipped. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126318
- Title
- JAMES CURRIE THE ENTIRE STRANGER AND ROBERT BURNS
- Author
- R.D.THORNTON , Professor of English
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- OLIVER AND BOYD
- Place of Publication
- EDINBURGH
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- James Currie, Robert Burns, R D Thornton, Professor of English , Literary Biographies, Andrew Mucklecraw, Dick Liver, The Glenriddell Manuscripts, Dumfries, Liverpool,
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