My Early Days
by Ferguson, Walter, Esq
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827. Hardcover. Near Very Good. Stated Second Edition on front cover. A memoir/autobiography by the son of a Scottish clergyman regrading their faiths. Paper covered boards with red leather spine. Front and rear boards are illustrated (rear has sketch of the publishers establishment). An ex-private library copy with their period bookplate (c.1800s) on front paste-down; a collection # on spine. A warm inscription on front free end-paper " Keep the heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life"(see photo), dated 1830. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, with wavy pages. Extremities of book boards are gently shelf-worn, with spine crown and tail being frayed and lacking approx. 1/8" each of leather. Overall, a tight copy, with only a very tiny ink number written on the dedication page. Hard to find title. Protected in a mylar slip.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003141
- Title
- My Early Days
- Author
- Ferguson, Walter, Esq
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bowles & Dearborn
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1827
- Keywords
- memoir; autobiography, scottish clergymen; 19th century lawyers;
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Redmond, Washington
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.