Exemplary and Instructive Biography. For The Study of Youth.
by Chambers, Robert and William, ed
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1836. 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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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5505
- Title
- Exemplary and Instructive Biography. For The Study of Youth.
- Author
- Chambers, Robert and William, ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William and Robert Chambers
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- History Biography Schoolbook
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...