Lumber River Scots and Their Descendants, The McLeans, The Purcells, The McIntyres, The Torreys, The Gilchrists
by McLean, Angus Wilton. [and] John Edwin Purcell. [and] Archibald Gilchrist Singletary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, Va.: The William Byrd Press, 1942. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thick Octavo. 839 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in mauve cloth with lettering on the cover in gilt. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The text has some occasional pencil check marks or underlining, but overall a clean copy. Quite scarce in the first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051403
- Title
- Lumber River Scots and Their Descendants, The McLeans, The Purcells, The McIntyres, The Torreys, The Gilchrists
- Author
- McLean, Angus Wilton. [and] John Edwin Purcell. [and] Archibald Gilchrist Singletary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- The William Byrd Press
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Va.
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1942; Angus Wilton McLean; John Edwin Purcell; Archibald Gilchrist Singletary; Lumber River Scots; North Carolina; Genealogy; Geneology; History; Rare.
- Bookseller catalogs
- North Carolina; Genealogy;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...