A Biographical Sketch of Robert Burns
by Dove, P.E
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Glasgow: Commonwealth Office, 1859. 16pp, bound in later half-morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt title to spine. Spine faded, slightly rubbed to extremities, text a little grubby, title more so. Also bound in are a 4pp 'Autograph Poem of Robert Burns', published by Kerr and Richardson, Glasgow (late 19th C?), and two articles on Burns from the Edinburgh Review of 1809 and 1828. The first item is at the NLS only on COPAC. First Edition. Quarter Morocco and Boards. Good. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000161
- Title
- A Biographical Sketch of Robert Burns
- Author
- Dove, P.E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Commonwealth Office
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Poetry, Burns, Scotland, Ebay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; Poetry, Plays and Theatre;
- Size
- 8vo
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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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...
- Morocco
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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