Bonnie Scotland
by A. R. Hope Moncrieff
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: A. & C. Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Good. 11" by 8.5". Sutton Palmer. An ode to the beauty of Scotland and it's wonderful scenery, a colourfully illustrated signed edition de luxe. An edition de luxe, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered two-hundred and thirty-five. Published concurrently with the first edition.Signed by the author to the limitation page.A charming topographical study on Scotland, looking at the picturesque landscapes of the country, both rural and city scenes.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and seventy-four colour plates.Collated, complete.Written by A. R. Hope Moncrieff.Illustrated by Sutton Palmer. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, a little discoloured and marked, as is usual with a white binding. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, heavier to the extremities, with a small amount of loss of cloth to the tail of the front board. Faint ring marks to the front board. Amateur repair to the front hinge. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Lacking half of the front endpaper, with two ink inscriptions to the recto. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, mostly to the tissue guards. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 886P4
- Title
- Bonnie Scotland
- Author
- A. R. Hope Moncrieff
- Illustrator
- Sutton Palmer
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. & C. Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 11" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- Bonnie Scotland scotland sutton palmer a r hope moncrieff scotland
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tail
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.