Place Names Highlands and Islands of Scotland
by Macbain, Alex
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1922. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. xxix, 381, 3 (ads.) 21 page catalogue of books published and sold by Eneas Mackay, publisher pasted to rear paste-down. 1922. First edition. A rare sought after book. Original publisher's steel blue cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptions. Mistake on p vi, 'B.C' scored through and replaced in ink with 'A.D.' The cloth faded to brown on the spine and all margins of the boards - no sharp fading 'lines'. The lower two board corners are bumped or turned in. A slight chip to the upper paste-down of the rear board. A slight chip to the head of the rear paste-down. Some not heavy foxing to the fore-edge. A very good, tight, clean first edition copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230642
- Title
- Place Names Highlands and Islands of Scotland
- Author
- Macbain, Alex
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eneas Mackay
- Place of Publication
- Stirling
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Paste-down
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- Jacket
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