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The Book of Scottish Anecdote

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Item Details

Description

The Book of Scottish Anecdote: Humorous, Social, Legendary, and Historical

By Alexander Hislop

Edinburgh, London, Melbourne: The Edinburgh Publishing Company, Houlston & Sons, William Robertson, 1874. First Edition

Dimensions: 7 3/4 inches x 5 3/4 inches

vii, 758pp. Blue cloth over bevelled boards, with upper board stamped in black and gilt, lower board in blind, and spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt

A collection of twelve late 19th, early 20th century newspaper clippings containing news and anecdotes of Scotland laid in. Rippling and toning to endpapers. Occasional mild foxing to pages, else clean and unmarked. A worn, but still attractive first edition copy of this extensive collection of Scottish anecdotes, with a very nice collection of related ephemera. Good. Hardcover.

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Condition

Good. Moderate edgewear to binding, with corners rubbed and bumped in. Heavy rubbing and dampstaining to rear. Foxing to edges of text block. Front hinge cracked and attached by string and rear hinge tender