The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller 2 Volumes
by Bayne, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Hurst & Co 1st edition of this biography in the USA, published in the same format as Hurst & Co's Collected Works of Miller, this biography complete in 2 volumes, undated although the publisher's prefatory note dated 1871, 12mo, 431pp, 497pp, brown cloth lettered and illustrated gilt and black, leaf motif endpapers; both volumes have a previous owner's name on half title o/w VG+ Copies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47695
- Title
- The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller 2 Volumes
- Author
- Bayne, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Biography, Philosophy, Comparative Religion, Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Comparative Religion; Philosophy & Psychology; Natural History & Botany;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
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About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise