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MY SCOTTISH YOUTH
by Lockhart, R.H.Bruce
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Putnam, 1937. 372pp., line-drawn map endpapers. Book clean. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped and cocked spine. Blue cloth covered boards. Foxing specks on textblock edges, endpapers splotched, else leaves clean. Art-illustrated (no ack.) dustjacket edgeworn, with closed tears, price-clipped, and sunned spine. A far-ranging biography of Scot Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart (1887-1970) who, during his lifetime, was a journalist, author, secret agent, diplomat, and sportsman . . . Contents include: Prelims., 4 'books', Index. Book weight approx. 780g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006891
- Title
- MY SCOTTISH YOUTH
- Author
- Lockhart, R.H.Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- NOISBN, BIOGRAPHY, WRITERS, SCOTLAND, LOCKHART, (SIR) R.H. (ROBERT HAMILTON) BRUCE, 1887-1970
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
About Diversity Books, IOBA
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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