The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy, By Alllan Ramsay. With Biographical Sketch. Etchings by Robert Fairley.
by Ramsay, Allan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Robb & Co.. Good+. 1895. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Cloth is soiled, toning on free end-papers and title page. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Publisher's cloth, gilt title on front board, deckle edges, ix, 82p., engraved portrait & view of Ramsay's house, which is now the publisher's shop. **Unnumbered copy on hand-made paper. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58228
- Title
- The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy, By Alllan Ramsay. With Biographical Sketch. Etchings by Robert Fairley.
- Author
- Ramsay, Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Robb & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Scotland, Etching, Robert Fairley, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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