The English Reader: or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from The Best Writers. Designed to assist young Persons to read with Propriety and Effect; to improve their Language and Sentiments; and to inculcate some of the most important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading. Seventeenth Edition.
Published by Printed for Thomas Wilson and Sons., York, 1822
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Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United KingdomMcNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
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12mo, pp. xxxvi, 372. Contemporary calf, spine divided by double gilt rules and lettered direct in gilt, edges sprinkled red. A little rubbed, front joint splitting but cords holding. Armorial bookplate of the Coultharts of Coulthart to pastedown. Expatriate American Quaker Lindley Murray (1475-1826) settled in York in the 1780s and wrote a series of educational books with immediate success: The English Reader was first published in 1799, and by 1800 had been reprinted in London, New York, Philadelphia, and Dublin. This edition is scarce institutionally, with Library Hub recording York Minster only; Worldcat adds another 3, of which 2 are also in Yorkshire: York, Leeds, and far-flung New Brunswick.
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- The English Reader: or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from The Best Writers. Designed to assist young Persons to read with Propriety and Effect; to improve their Language and Sentiments; and to inculcate some of the most important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading. Seventeenth Edition.
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- Murray, Lindley
- Publisher
- Printed for Thomas Wilson and Sons., York
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- 1822
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- Hardcover
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McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.
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Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH7 4AE
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All books listed subject to prior sale. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and bound by their Code of Conduct. Anything found to be not as described may be returned for a full refund. This does not affect or limit statutory rights of return under EU distance selling regulations. McNaughtan's Bookshop is a trading name of the partnership Derek Walker & Anna Fomicheva, VAT reg. GB218182907. Please address any communication to McNaughtan's Bookshop, 3a & 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE. Telephone +44 (0)131 556 5897. Email info@mcnaughtans.co.uk.
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