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Memoirs of the Church of Scotland,; In Four Periods . . . With an Appendix of some Transactions since the Union
by [Defoe, Daniel]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Owner's ink inscription on title page; endpapers with spots of offsetting; front hinge partly detached; bookseller's description
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About This Item
London: Eman. Matthews and T. Warner, 1717. First Edition. Owner's ink inscription on title page; endpapers with spots of offsetting; front hinge partly detached; bookseller's description tipped in at rear; covers rubbed, especially to edges and extremities, with spine label chipped.. 8vo, [ii] 1-232 + 137-333 (i.e. 429), [9, Appendix] pp; contemporary calf, rebacked. With the repeated page numbering starting from 137, as called for. Moore 368.
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- Locus Solus Rare Books
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- 206012
- Title
- Memoirs of the Church of Scotland,; In Four Periods . . . With an Appendix of some Transactions since the Union
- Author
- [Defoe, Daniel]
- Book Condition
- Used - Owner's ink inscription on title page; endpapers with spots of offsetting; front hinge partly detached; bookseller's description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Eman. Matthews and T. Warner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1717
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