Exemplary and Instructive Biography. For The Study of Youth.
Published by William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh, 1836
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United KingdomMcNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
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Condition: Used
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FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. [vi], ii, 334, [2, ads]. Contemporary ecru sailcloth, edges sprinkled red. A little foxed. Boards somewhat soiled, patch of damage to rear board at fore-edge. Blind-stamp of Trinity Episcopal School to flyleaf, half-title and a few internal pages. The first edition of Chambers? educational book of short biographies of worthy figures with a Scottish bent to its contents, finding room for James Watt and Thomas Telford alongside Columbus, Franklin and Washington. It was published as part of ?Chambers?s Educational Course?, reprinted in 1838 and again in 1873. This copy survives in a rude but not undignified sailcloth binding.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Exemplary and Instructive Biography. For The Study of Youth.
- Author
- Chambers, Robert and William, ed.
- Publisher
- William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 1836
- Binding
- 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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