Rab Bethune's Double: or, life's long battle won
by Garrett Edward:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1st Edition, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh, 1894 6 plates from copper etchings by Haswell Donaldson; Edward Garrett the pseudonym of Isabella Fyvie Mayo; Bookplate of William Sinclair to front pastedown, including the verse: "Black is the raven and black is the rook / But blacker the blackguard who steals this book"; Hardback: blue cloth elaborately decorated in black and gilt, top edge gilt, patterned end-papers; Cover wear, corners rubbed, text and plates clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7403
- Title
- Rab Bethune's Double: or, life's long battle won
- Author
- Garrett Edward:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- 1st Edition, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh, 1894
- Keywords
- ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO HASWELL DONALDSON LATE VICTORIAN NOVELS SCOTTISH BORDERS
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Bookfare
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Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
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