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THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON [along with] THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON. SECOND SERIES.
by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson [issued anonymously]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Parker Son and Bourn, West Strand., 1861 & 1862. Early Editions. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. Volume One is the Second Edition, Volume Two is the Third Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth decorated in blind on all covers, gilt titles on spine panels, brown coated endpapers. 373 + 6 pp publisher's catalogue of 'New Books and New Editions' at rear; 382 + [2] pp ads at rear. A few small knocks to the cloth at edges, some minor rubbing, a touch of interior foxing, mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves; a nearly fine set in the publisher's original cloth. ¶ Chatty, shred reminiscences of the life of a Scottish parson, a bestseller in its time. A third volume was issued much later, in 1878.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 303275
- Title
- THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON [along with] THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON. SECOND SERIES.
- Author
- Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson [issued anonymously]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Editions
- Publisher
- Parker Son and Bourn, West Strand.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861 & 1862
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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