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A Letter to a Gentleman from His Friend in Orkney containing The True Causes of the Poverty of that Country
de Rev. Thomas Hepburn
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good/N
- Librería
-
Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London, 1760 A good copy of the extremely scarce 1st edition in later half morocco leather binding .The letter was first written in 1757, apparently at the request of an anonymous individual (who edited and published it in 1760) to ascertain the background to a lawsuit brought against the Earl of Morton by his vassals. Rev Hepburn was the Minister of Birsay and therefore considered well placed to give a picture of local life and the causes of poverty in the area. The binding is probably later 1800's and has a very rubbed spine with gilt titles. Spine ends are frayed. There is similar wear to corners. Boards clean. The endpapers are contemporary with the binding and have the decorative bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson to the front pastedown. There is an initial blank and several end blank leaves. Top page edges gilted. Contents: title (with Rev Hepburn's name written in in pencil); advertisement by the Editor pp 3-6; and text pp 7-44 - Finis. Pages vary greatly in size and edges are untrimmed. Contents are clean with occasional light marking or spotting - mostly at the page edges.
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- Librería
- E C Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 033147
- Título
- A Letter to a Gentleman from His Friend in Orkney containing The True Causes of the Poverty of that Country
- Autor
- Rev. Thomas Hepburn
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Half-Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- N
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1760
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Earl of Morton; Rev Thomas Hepburn; Birsay Orkney; Feudal ownership Orkney; Orkney history
- Catálogos del vendedor
- HISTORY;
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Sobre el vendedor
E C Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2011
Birsay, Orkney
Sobre E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
