i-xii, 13-312 pages. Hardcover: H 17.5cm x L 10.75cm. Contemporary full speckled leather; boards rubbed and stained with worn corners; large black ink "A" on front board; spine ends chipped with some splitting at upper joints; spine 's red title label retains reasonably bright gilt lettering. Past owner's ink note on front and rear pastedowns regarding book's purchase in January 1854 at an Aberdeen (probably Monroe County, Mississippi) auction; front free endpaper and front flyleaf creased; ink signature (appearing to be older than pastedown inscriptions) on ffep; pencil inscription dated 1859 at top of title page; bottom half of rear free endpaper removed with top half marred by pencil calculations and an antiquarian ink signature; foxing/toning to leaves with mild moisture stains and occasional pencil marks amongst text; several creased corners; pastedown writer's ink signature at top of page 67 too. Binding is firm. Uncommon Carlisle, Pennsylvania imprint by printer Archibald Loudon who was active from 1804-1818 and enjoyed other related commercial pursuits as a newspaper publisher ("The Cumberland Register" from 1805-1813), bookseller, paper manufacturer, binder, author, and local postmaster.

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AN ABRIDGEMENT OF LECTURES ON RHETORIC. BY HUGH BLAIR, D. D. REVISED AND CORRECTED. PUBLISHED BY JACOB JOHNSON, AND SOLD AT HIS BOOKSTORES IN PHILADELPHIA, AND RICHMOND, (VIRGINIA.) (Spine title: "Blair's Lectures.")

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Carlisle [PA - Pennsylvania]: Published by Jacob Johnson . . . "From the press of A. Loudon, (Whitehall.)", 1808.

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DAVID HALLINAN, BOOKSELLER - specializing in out-of-print, uncommon, and scarce books in all subjects. Mailing address is PO BOX 463, COLUMBUS, MS 39703. Inventory available for inspection at a local antique mall generally from 10am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.

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