The Young Man's Companion
by Dougall John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Halifax: William Milner, 1845 3 folding maps; Extra engraved title-page and 1 plate; Text illustrations; "The Self Instructor; or, Young Man's Companion: being an Introduction to Various Branches of Useful Knowledge. Containing Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Geography, Navigation, Maps, Astronomy, History, Drawing, Book-Keeping, Chronology, Observations on Gardening, and Miscellaneous Articles"; Hardback: original green ribbed cloth elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, yellow end-papers; Cover wear round spine, corners rubbed, binding cracking with a few gatherings starting to pull, engraved title-page foxed, contemporary owner's name to front free end-paper, g.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfare
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9551
- Title
- The Young Man's Companion
- Author
- Dougall John
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Milner
- Place of Publication
- Halifax
- Date Published
- 1845
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Victorian Encyclopedias Mid Victorian Knowledge Compendia of Knowledge
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About the Seller
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
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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- Foxed
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- Gatherings
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 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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